Laurel Creek (New River trib. below Hawks Nest)

Chris Gorman 2003-09-22 22:43:30

You can see this whole reach when you are driving to the New river dries. It looks un-runnable, There are numerous 20 footers landing on rock. I talked to a local boater about it and he said that a huge flood a couple of years back washed alot of rocks into the New (which made the put-in waves) but ruined the landing zones for the waterfalls. Maybe in another million years the water will pound it's way through the rocks below the waterfalls, but until then looks like a lot of portages (but it is roadside).