Tygart Valley

It is a good idea to check the elevation of Tygart Lake before deciding to set shuttle at the Moatsville Bridge or Big Cove Run takeout. With Tygart Lake at 1107', the drop at Wells Falls shrank. The big hole at the bottom was almost gone and the sloping drop into it was much shallower. At 1102', Wells Falls preserved all its glory, but there were no rapids between it and the Big Cove Run takeout.

According to old topo maps, the conflunce of Big Cove Run and the Tygart is somewhere between 1050 and 1100', probably closer to 1050 given what was observed at 1102. Around 1050 plus some amount more, you will have rapids all the way to BCR.