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Rapid WV Class II+

Two Rights and a Wrong

Tygart Valley - 5. Above Arden to Big Cove Run (WV)

Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 800.0 – 10,000.0 CFS
Description

Following a longish pool another unnamed class-I rapid ends with a microcreek pouring in through rocks on the bottom left. Look up through the clearing to spy a 15-ft waterfall. At the end of another long pool the cliffs on river left mark the entrance to Two Rights and a Wrong (Class II/III). Failing to take the Rights tends to leave the boater in rock jumbles with no easy entry back to the main river. Both drops are through ledges with pourover squirt play on the sides of each chute. After the 2nd Right feeds back to a right curve in the river, look for an excellent, catch-on-the-fly hole river center and still another hole at the bottom left just off a large boulder. The river is fairly spread out here so these holes are only "in" at higher levels. At the bottom of the next pool the river seems to dead-end in rock. Just above this dead end, a trickling sound from the right will reveal a small creek entering through rocks. A short hike up this creek will bring you to a beautiful grotto with a 6-ft waterfalls you can walk behind. Stand in the pool and take a bath if you can handle the cold creek water.

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class II+
Mile Marker
6.5 mi
Directions
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5. Above Arden to Big Cove Run
Tygart Valley
III-V 6.7 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater