Brush Creek
Confluence of Beaver Branch to confluence of Bluestone River
August 19, 2007
Trip Report
| Reporter |
Yesterday I took a hike down to the falls from Brush Creek Falls Rd at low water, and witnessed several local college guys jump off the falls on the far river right side. I wasn't dressed to swim and check it out, and the water was too murky to see down into, but they were jumping off the far right, and they told me there were no rocks anywhere near the surface on the far right. Eyeballing it carefully from the bottom, using a guy standing on top as a mental yardstick, I believe that the vertical is 20-22 feet. Significantly taller than Wonder Falls, but not 30' by any stretch, and a relatively easy vertical drop. The approach is a steep 5' high bedrock slide with lots of cracks and fissures in the rock, with definite pitoning possibilities in the last few yards above the falls. Scout carefully; it looked to me like the easiest and safest run would be on the far right, maybe 10' off the right bank.