Cacapon

2. US 50 at Capon Bridge to WV 127 (Bloomery) Bridge (Caudy's Castle Section [Classic Run])

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August 13, 2024

Pleasant trip when the gauge at Great Cacapon was 3.6 and falling

ReporterMatthew Gerke
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We ran this on 8/11/2024, two days after Hurricane Debby released a bunch of rain and the flood was subsiding.  The water gauge at Great Cacapon was 3.6 and falling.  Was a great, pleasant run.  Water wasn't moving too fast, and the whole trip took 3.5 hours.

Saw lots of green herons, a few kingfishers, an osprey, and loads of turtles.

Darby's Nose Rapids at this water level: Drone footage

River gauge: https://www.weather.gov/erh/mmefs\_marfc?id=GCPW2&model=NAEFS

Pleasant trip when the gauge at Great Cacapon was 3.6 and falling – Caudy's Castle Section [Classic Run] | American Whitewater