Gauley

Three of us ran this from the Curtin bridge to what is described as takeout number 2. The level was 11.7 ft. At this level, this is a great section of intermediate water. Gradually increases from easy class II to a few class III rapids and ends with a challenging class IV that should be bank scouted. There is an old brick bridge support in river center which indicates that the action is increasing. After the bridge support there is about a short section of class III before the class IV. It will be obvious because there is no clear route obvious from the boat. The move is basically from river left, ferry behind the first large rock in river center to river right. After the ferry, there was a line down river right. All of the rapids with the exception of the last one were easily boat scoutable and offered plenty of opportunity to practice river running skills. We accidentally ran into the land owner for the takeout. He is very kayaker friendly and is willing to work out both river access and primitive camping arrangements. We tipped him $10 to give us access. He asked me to pass along his contact information. Call Floyd Dillon for river access 304-742-6237