Coastals

I would say at very low flows s ~1 - 2ft the cheat feels more like class III-III+ (11-12ft on the new gauge?). The holes in the three hardest rapids aren't as big, and the pourovers aren't nearly as prevalent. You'll be scraping some more rocks though. The lowest I ever ran it was 1.5 ft. We played ...

I have done the class III-IV sections of the cheat (canyon) and the tygart (middle fork into the tygart). I am more familiar with the cheat canyon. Logistically, it was easier for us to do since we always camped at the put-in by teeter's campground, and used glen miller's shuttle services. It is a f...

You can borrow my ezg50 for the time you are here. I'm ~6ft, 185lbs (182cm, 84kg). A little on the big side for my EZG50. I have a large and medium sprayskirt. One of them should fit you. I got a small head so I doubt my helmet will fit, and my extra pfd is a 12 year old extrasport old school pfd. Y...

Hogy vagy? Üdvözöljük a Richmondba (that's about how far my Hungarian goes) How long will you be here? I'm not sure where to rent gear, but I have a wavesport ezg50 that i'm going to trade up for a larger play/river running boat. ezg50 . My joints don't like being squeezed into that boat anymore. Yo...

welcome to VA fellow keelhauler. Hope you enjoy your new surroundings. I know I like it here.

I'm usually confined to the James, but on occasion I head up to the cheat area to paddle with the cleveland crew.

SwmmrGreg wrote: More to come................................

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straight from the man himself: No release from Deep Creek. Flows were deduced by the time differences between the gauges. Oakland level is about 3 hrs upstream of put-in. Friendsville is 5 1/2 to 7 hrs downstream depending on water level. Higher levels, time is shorter. Muddy Creek is usually 1/2 of...

BTW: The saturday level for the Top was around 400-500cfs depending on put on time and the level for sunday was 200-300cfs depending. If you are just looking at the oakland gauge for the top yough, you are missing the contribution from muddy creek, which spills in just below the first drops of the ...

No way this trip would have happened without Shaggy. That man knows his thunderclouds. Great job all around, a very satisfying weekend indeed.

I'm thinking of leaving Friday during the day or maybe earlier to catch an UY run. Looking to car pool, so let me know if you're interested. 804-595-0611. I plan on leaving Sunday after we paddle. I may be able to leave tonight, but it would be late. I will continue to dance too . what the h&#%...

OK final plans: cell phone access only from now on 804 514 3079. Looks like it's the cheat both days. Still 14 for saturday, maybe a few less on sunday. Saturday: 10:30am put in at Teeters campground. 4pm take out w/glenn miller shuttle ($10/person). Sunday: 9am put in. 2pm takeout w/glen miller shu...

We've got 14 signed up for the trip. The cheat will run all weekend between 2.0-2.5 saturday and 1.5-2.0 sunday. Still a chance of rain today so the sandy just may make it to minimum for saturday (keep your fingers crossed). We will put on at teeters campground around 9am and shoot for a 2pm glenn m...

Yay! the rain dance worked. Now let's see if the sandy gets any more.

My e-mail access here in cleveland sux, so i will post all info here.

C'mon Shaggy, time to work your magic! right now the sandy and the cheat are very low. There is rain predicted for the middle of the week. It might be enough to bring the cheat up to runnable levels. Wait and see. jer, there is an impromptu UY trip this friday, just posted on the keelhaulers site.

I'm starting to gather interest for the club trip May 19/20. This is a joint Keelhaulers/Coastals trip. I will be in Cleveland beginning tomorrow (Thur 5/10) and will drive down to the sandy from there. Please send me an e-mail if interested so i can gather all the info while in cleveland. Main obje...