Some others. . .

Posted by AndyB on May 09, 2008 at 16:35:39:

In Reply to: Re: logical next step? No. It's a big leap from the LY to the LBS. Try sone things ... posted by dgg on May 09, 2008 at 16:14:44:

Some other rivers that are between the LY and the LBS to think about:

Cheat at ~2.8+
Little Sandy into the Big Sandy
Cranberry (probably similar in difficulty to LBS, but roadside so less committing)
Kitzmiller @ ~4.5
Brush into Wills

Dgg mentioned the Middle Fork - Tygart which would be a great barometer. If you can style that and the bigger drops on the Tygart at a low-medium level (~3.7) then the LBS would be doable I think.

Both the Middle Fork and the Cranberry start to get near the 100ft/mile mark which I think is a tipping point regarding how a river feels. It'd be good to get on something with some gradient like that before doing the LBS.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Some others. . . Michael W. Wellman 16:06:24 05/10/08 (1)
  • Matter of opinion, but I disagree. AndyB 21:35:53 05/11/08 (0)
• Just go to the Cheat Bromel 21:10:38 05/09/08 (2)
  • Really good advice -nt AdamVG 14:09:51 05/12/08 (0)
  • Re: Just go to the Cheat Tony Allred 22:06:35 05/09/08 (0)

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