There is a log in "Zig-Zag" rapid. It is barely beneath the surface of the water and hard to see.
It is in the second to last ledge of the rapid. It ould be a safety issue - especially if someone's
bow goes under the log. (June, 2009) Edit

Wood shift yet again!!! Rapid known as Zig-Zag (2 rapids above Gorilla North) is clear at the top
but has a very large log just under the water surface in the center of the middle ledge. Edit

Made a trip down today, Wood has shifted all over the creek, many areas better, many worse than
last weekend. Zig Zag above Gorilla North had a terribly placed log in the main channel. Wood
throughout the lower section, every other rapid had wood. I plan on doing a cleaning job this
summer but until then be careful, scout, and allow extra time for wood portages. Eric O'Connell Edit

Some of us made a run yesterday (5/7) and there is now even more wood in Bottom Creek. More wood
than i've seen since the mid-1990s. There is wood in the second rapid below the Waterfall Section
(i.e., two drops below Three Blind Mice) and in several other spots.

Some fellow Virginia Tech paddlers and I ran Bottoms yesterday and since it hasn't run in over a
year (meaning above 0 inches), some things have changed. The gauge is pretty broken because the
river widened there (the first run, it said 1 inch and was more like 4 and the second run said 5
inches and was more like 11). There is a great deal more wood in this creek now too. It is
primarily in the runout but it is also spread throughout the run. Please be careful and take your
time with this run. The only specific wood that I can remember is a riverwide log at the bottom of
the rapid below Canoe. Don't die or get stuffed under some wood on this creek. Thanks, Ellenberg
P.S. I swam on both runs. Edit

Lots of shifted and new wood in the bottom section. big water event will surely see lots of moved
wood. Heads up

Please do not attempt this creek without a guide who knows it well. It is serious and there are
serious land owner issues that could potentially shut the creek down to all kayakers. It would be
horrible to lose access to a gem of a creek such as bottoms. Lets not mess up relations with the
land owners, we do not want this river to go to waste like Johns has. Be Safe out there...and watch
for wood below two blind mice, it tends to collect on the bottoms section.

I've never run this creek but hope to soon. I've hiked parts of it and it looks really, really
difficult. A couple friends have boated it and they confirm this. There may be property issues.