Russell Fork - 2. Gorge Section: Garden Hole Road (Breaks Park), VA to Breaks Park River Access, KY takeout (4 miles) (VA)
Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.
When you scout the rapid, you are going to see a 10' drop that lands in front of a VW Beetle-sized rock. There are 2 channels: 1 to the left that goes under a large slanted rock and one to the right. As you come off of the big drop you want to be right of center so that you get pushed to the right side of the VW rock. The key here is being far enough right, but not so far right that you hit a micro eddy and get surfed back into the hole. I've done it and it's not fun.