Piney Creek

The water may smell bad, but I drank some and was ok--although I can't recommend that. This is a great run! Constant gradient with big drops interspersed. I think of it as a scaled-down Lower Big Sandy, which is pretty much as good as it gets! I put on at 3:30 one day when the 8:00am level (Raleigh) was 2.75 and dropping. When I got to the put-in, the level was an absolute minimum---abusive at the top, but good farther downstream. At the put-in, the riverbed is smooth, solid bedrock, giving the appearance of there being more water than what it really has. More fun than Glade Creek, and definitely worth doing!