Dismal Creek

This thing really does take a lot of water to run. The ground was already saturated and the rain gage in the area recorded about 2' of rain and the falls were at a good boatable flow. Everything else we drove by on the way was up in the trees.

This is a really fun drop though, the approach looks like it would be shallow and scrapy but it isn't bad at all. Only downside is if you managed to swim or miss the eddies on either side right after the falls it'd likely be a good long while before you or your boat would find a nice eddy.

This was Adam Goshorn's 2nd run during an evening park and huck session. It was about 30 degrees and had just stopped sleeting.
Herb Crimp and Adam Goshorn in the classic scouting pose at Dismal Falls, VA
A very cold day... notice the ice on the trees. It was about 30 degrees and had just stopped sleeting.
This was Herb's first class IV and his first time paddling at temps below freezing. He aced the line with a sweet boof!
Cold weather scouting on Dismal Creek VA.
Herb Crimp hits his line on his first class IV. The Mr Clean made a fine creekboat this day.
This is the view downstream as seen from the river right bank downstream of Dismal Falls.
This is the view of the lead into the 2nd ledge from a rock outcropping up on the river right bank. Although hard to see in the photo you can see the horizon line of Second Ledge.
This picture kinda shows the trashy nature of the river right cascade.

After getting skunked many times, we finally caught Dismal Creek running. It was late in the evening so we had to settle for a Park and Huck session at the falls. Adam went first, here he launchs the boof.