Rochester's Lower/Middle Falls

A place to discuss waterfalls. Including the parks that house them and the hikes to get to them.

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Rate Rochester's Lower/Middle Falls

1 - Ugly, Not worth the trip
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17%
2 - Could be better
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17%
3 - OK, See it if you are in the area
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33%
4 - Beautiful, worth the trip.
2
33%
5 - Must see, worth revisiting
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Total votes: 6
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I'll add: WOW. The day started at -12 below south of Avon. I would not have gone out to the river in this cold for anything. Hats off! I especially like the first shot on the 24th. I feel the cold.
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Yikes man! Hate to say it but with the speed of the moving water...I don't think waders would have done much for you. Id be very interested in going sometime...but would not want to go alone. If you'd like some company...I might be up for that.
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hobkyl wrote:Yikes man! Hate to say it but with the speed of the moving water...I don't think waders would have done much for you.
Not to mention hypothermia. Sometimes people's disregard for safety baffles me...
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Nuts but, the shots were worth it. :up:
One nice thing about the cold...it keeps the hookers, crack heads and pimps out of the parking area.
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Gosh, it really wasn't that bad guys. I think i am not communicating well. I could clearly see elevated rock 2-4 feet above water level, just before the growth line starts at the shore.So I knew the whole time I was above the water and at the shoreline. As someone noted already, fishermen regularly use this trail and hike the same route i took, directly to the falls to fish. As an aside, the waders are the best winter glen climbing investment this year. Very warm. Except for the shutter-finger hand I was very toasty the whole time down there. Honestly. If someone wants to go some weekend, please let me know. david
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$111M RG&E upgrade occurring in Genesee River gorge
In the lowest level of Station 5, hand-laid walls of beautiful cut stone bring to mind the foundation of an old farmhouse, or a musty catacomb.

Nearby hangs a collection of huge wrenches, once used to tighten giant bolts but now, tarnished by time, serving only as a reminder that Station 5, a hydroelectric generating plant hidden away in the Genesee River gorge, has been around a very long time.

Rochester Gas and Electric Corp., which has owned the plant since the current version was opened nearly a century ago, is in the latter stages of a $111 million upgrade of Station 5, the largest of three hydroelectric facilities the company operates in Rochester.
more here
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Some photos I took of Rochester's High, Middle and Lower Falls in August of 2011. Enjoy! (Trying to remember how to add videos too...help!)
High/Upper Falls
High/Upper Falls
Middle Falls
Middle Falls
Lower Falls
Lower Falls
Middle Falls Panorama
Middle Falls Panorama
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"Approaching Light"... Absolutely STUNNING shots! Thanks for sharing them here! God bless. Rose
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