Cherry, N. Fork

Third WV 39 and 55 Bridge to Richwood

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April 29, 2012

Trip Report

ReporterCHRIS PREPERATO

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

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