There is a good put-in just below Big Run. You can drive right up to it. 1) From Webster Springs, go 17.4 miles east on 15 and turn left. (This is 1.0 mile west of county line.) 2) Go 0.35 mile and turn left onto hidden road. This may be muddy in wet weather, when you're here. Drive to river. This upper section is Class 2-3, with one nasty log portage just below the put-in, when I was there (2002).
The Webster Springs gauge is located 36 river miles down stream of the put-in on the mainstem of the Elk. Thus this gauge can only be used as an indicator.
Permits are not required for this reach.
38.568611 ,-80.212502
38.553902 ,-80.324699
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