Cherry, N. Fork

We ran this at about 13.5ft on the Craigsville gauge, and I'd say it was a little below minimum. We made it down, but with more scraping than I'd prefer. We put-in just above the first bridge over the river; higher up was too shallow.

One river-wide log in the rapids just above the bridge, might be hard to see with more water. After the dam/slide at the lodge, there is a big log jam that was passable on the far right and far left, but it would be dicier with more water pushing at it. The 2nd dam is easily run on the left, right side is classic low-head dam.

A good III+ run at our flows, might push IV with higher water

The Dam mentioned by the 4 seasons is a pretty cool park and huck...it can be run lower than the rest of the run and consists of a 4 foot dam into a 15 foot slide. The slide has multiple channels so hike up and do it again...Also this run was too low for a fun run today and the level was 12.9ish, I would only hit this run up at high levels.

The upper section of the N. Fork had, when I was there, the biggest, most suddenly-appearing strainer/log jam that I've ever seen---very unsettling. Other than that, this is an excellent 3-4 run, with virtually non-stop action. Watch out for Rudolph Falls, behind the motel. Scout or carry.

As of Sept 2003, there was a nasty strainer on

river left about 2/3 of the way through the run

as you pass under a bridge. The strainer is

composed of some metal debris and logs that

are wedged between a couple boulders

effectively blocking safe passage through the

river right route. It is not immediately obvious

from upstream.