Savage

1. Avilton Lonaconing Road to Head of Savage Reservoir

August 4, 2008

Trip Report

ReporterJared Espley

We ran the section from Avilton-Lonaconing Rd. to Westernport Rd. on 2Aug08. By reports, it had rained hard in the area overnight. Based on the 500 cfs reading at Barton at 1pm, we put on around 4:30pm. By the data here, at 6pm which was the halfway point for the trip, the gauge had fallen to around 350 cfs. The water we had was entirely too low. We scraped nearly the entire time with some parts literally unboatable. I'm very forgiving of scrapey rivers and this was way too low even by my standards. The run seemed like it would definitely be entertaining with more water.