Heads up, portions of Blue Ridge are getting pounded ....

[bambam]

..... with rain. I have zero particular plans but my house just got rained on in a big way.

Some gauges are reacting southwest of me (near Harrisonburg), just sayin'.

Have fun, be safe,

Ken

[qsjones]

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[JDzielak]

Tye and piney are up but I'm concerned they wont hold long enough to paddle.

[dkeller]

Think it would be high enough for run on Wed?

What is a good low end (and high end I guess)level for a good intermediate run?

Don.

[JDzielak]

If they get another deluge from some t-storms forecasted for later today that might give us enough water to make it worth it. I'm down to play hookie on Wednesday if I get the opportunity. Although AW says the lower limit for the piney is 400 I've herd you really need more like 1K for a good run. Same with Tye. I've never had the opportunity to run either so anyone with experience please feel free to correct me.

[GDalton]

You can usually have a decent low run (minimum) on the Big Piney at 400 cfs. I wouldn't travel far for it at that flow but that is usually the bottom.

It was a little over a half-foot Tuesday at 5:45pm on the painted gauge, and that was a fine medium-ish flow for the Big Piney (Upper Piney).

The zero on the painted gauge is probably minimum.

Some folks confuse that (class III-IV) section with the South Piney (V) right above it, which does need more water. Both sections had water yesterday.

[slo2rol]

You can usually have a decent low run (minimum) on the Big Piney at 400 cfs. I wouldn't travel far for it at that flow but that is usually the bottom.

It was a little over a half-foot Tuesday at 5:45pm on the painted gauge, and that was a fine medium-ish flow for the Big Piney (Upper Piney).

The zero on the painted gauge is probably minimum.

Some folks confuse that (class III-IV) section with the South Piney (V) right above it, which does need more water. Both sections had water yesterday.

^What GD said. Good levels yesterday on the SF Piney and the Upper (Big) Piney. Word of caution for those on the Upper (Big) Piney... there's lots of new wood in it, including several river wide mandatory portages. The first one can be easily portaged on the left. The second one is ripe for landowner conflict as the trees lining the flat, *would be* easily portaged side, from whence the tree fell (behind a house) are lined with fresh Posted/No trespassing signs right up to the river. To avoid any conflicts, the portage should be made on the steep river right bank. Carefully catch the eddy on the right immediately in front of the tree for a quick carry up and over. Trust me on this one, I made the mistake of taking out one eddy too far upstream and had to rope boats 35ft up the bank and then 50ft back down after traversing a mean brier patch - it was a 20 min epic while two others who did as described above were back in their boats in a couple minutes.

NOTE: Do whatever you have to do to avoid conflicts with landowners in the area (respect Posted signs, drive slowly, wave and speak kindly to those you encounter, keep a low profile, etc.) - access is always tenuous and we don't want to lose access to these gems.

As far as wood goes on the SF Piney - as usual, there's too much to mention and if you belong on it, you already know what to do to find and avoid it.

Stay heads up out there.