Gauge Conditions

Potomac River near Wash, DC Little Falls Pump Sta Downstream Primary

Runnable: 2.0 – 3.4 FT

Horseshoe, and Brine Line levels -the extreme river left side channel. Starts with the Flume, a big slide into a wall, followed by a hole. Then, sneak far left

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Also known as Sunburst. The line is level-dependent. Here are my general rules of thumb based on the Little Falls gage:

LF > 2.80 - Build up some speed and launch off the end of the diving board. This is quite possibly the sickest boof known to mankind. Miss the boof and learn how Pummel got its name.

2.60 < LF < 2.80 - The boof kicker turns into a rock, so run right side instead.

LF < 2.60 - The right side dries up at drought levels, forcing you to run the Notch on the left, which is one of the sweetest lines out here.

there are also other smaller chutes to the left of the notch that have been run at higher levels.

Below Pummel you have three options (from left to right): Pencil Sharpener, Z-Turn, and Charlie's Hole.