Seneca Creek

2. (Lower) Forest Service Campground to Route 28 Bridge

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April 26, 2008

Trip Report

ReporterStephen Ettinger

This is a really terrific paddle, with nice scenery and an interesting variety of rapids. The first ledge is perhaps the trickiest, as you may not see it until it is too late, and there is a boulder right in the middle -- the best route is probably on the right. The second ledge, soon after Roaring Creek enters from the left at Onego, was easiest (altho a bit scrapey) on the left. The final ledge, Junkhouse Rapid, when you are within sight of Seneca Rocks, should also be run on the far left, to avoid a bad hydraulic. (The WV guidebook talks about a channel around this ledge, but that is no longer the case.) For a zero level, look from the downstream side under the bridge at Onego -- the tops of the white calcified marks on the middle pier, which look rather like a broken horizontal line, will be just at the waterline.