Laurel Creek (Tygart trib)

WV 38 to Tygart River

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June 7, 2003

Trip Report

ReporterKarl Whipp

At 10 Foot Falls, you will come screaming down a low angle slide on river right toward the falls. In the center of the main flow under some tree limbs, you'll see the head of a curler that leads into the notch of the falls (in this picture, the curler that I'm referencing is the highest point near the right side of the picture). Hit the head of the curler with 1:00 angle to counter the curler driving straight off the falls for a great boof. If you veer off line left, you'll go deep in the notch...resurface and paddle hard to get away from the curtain. If you veer off line right, head for the sloping rock on the right edge of the falls...boof, bounce/slide left down the rock and paddle away.