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15. New River Dries: Hawks Nest Dam to Gauley Bridge
January 15, 2005
Trip Report
| Reporter | John Petretich |
This rapid forms a maze of boulders at low water, but it is easily run. It's also fun to get out and walk around on the sculpted bedrock of one of the oldest rivers in the world.
Check out the smooth flat boulder at the bottom left of the rapid. It is way out of the water in this picture, but forms a TERRIBLE hole at and above about 26,000 on the Thurmond gage. Locals call it Hatcher's Hole.