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Difficult Run - Old Georgetown Pike (Route 193) to Potomac R.
Old Georgetown Pike (Route 193) to Potomac R.Class III-IV(V+)
0.9 Miles
Avg Gradient 110 fpm
Max Gradient 110 fpm
Difficult Run
Difficult Run Photo taken 4/28/02 Gauge Information
River DescriptionVirginia Whitewater, Roger CorbettNote: listed gradient is approximate. It's tough to read the topo map in that vicinity. David Mackintosh, on Boater Talk: It is possible to get out on river right after the last drop above the canyon (at moderate levels). You really, really wouldn't want to swim out of that one, and the portage on the right is poor. It's a sticky pourover hole with closed ends; the usual line is to boof hard right into the eddy. If not running the canyon, I strongly suggest getting out on the left in the little cove immediately above that drop. I've run from the 193 bridge down into the river around a dozen times. I always hike up first and scout everything; there's a good chance of new wood since it runs so infrequently. Even so, on one run the level had come up significantly between the time I scouted and when I made it back down to the gorge, and another line would've been better. There are three class 3+ drops above the gorge section, and a couple of good spots to take out on river left after these. There is a 4' drop on the approach to the gorge that can get very sticky, I've been surfed there once or twice. The gorge is nasty, and I wouldn't really "recommend" it to anyone. However, I'm not a cutting-edge creeker, and I've made it through about a dozen times. Not always pretty, though. It's more technical than any of the normal Great Falls lines, not really comparable since it's really a creek and Great Falls is much bigger water. Much more difficult than anything you're going to find on the Yough, more comparable to drops on the Upper B or Green Narrows (but uglier than most). I haven't seen anybody get shoved into the cave on the left, but it looks fairly terminal. Gordon Dalton: One more thing about "D.R." I've run this creek at several different water levels and the water quality is always heinous! A better name for this stream might be "Dysentery Run." As I make that final boof in the lasy big rapid i'm always clamping my lips and eyes together to try to minimize exposure to this nasty H20! I'd hate to roll in there.
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Last Updated: 2005-05-11 15:04:57
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NWRI - Difficult Run Old Georgetown Pike (Route 193) to Potomac R. (mobile)