Upper Gauley
Bud’s Boner
INFORMATION
RAPID NAME: Bud's Boner
RAPID RATING: Class III
RIVER SECTION: Upper Gauley
The widest entrance to Bud’s Boner Rapid starts in the middle. As you approach the horizon line, you’ll want to line up to drop to the right of the pointy boulder at the top.
Immediately after going over this first drop, you’ll have to back away from a sizable rounded boulder on the right. Once past it, the channel bends to the left and drops down a chute. The main current coming out of this drop will, depending on the water level, push towards either a boulder or a retentive hydraulic, which becomes a keeper above 4000 cfs.
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Bud's Boner Rapid at 2800 cfs
Filmed from the large boulders on the left side of the main channel, this video includes a description of the features present in Bud's Boner Rapid and includes footage of whitewater rafting and kayaking.
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- Entrance
- Initiation
- Little Z
- Upper Collison Creek
- Lower Collison Creek
- Geek Wave
- Slant Rock
- Bud’s Boner
- Insignificant
- Screaming S-Turn
- Pick a Slot
- Iron Curtain
- Pillow Rock (V)
- Scales
- Bubble Rock
- Hungry Mother
- Meadow View
- First Drop of Lost Paddle
- Second Drop of Lost Paddle (V)
- Fourth Drop (AKA Tumblehome)
- Conestoga
- Shipwreck Rock
- Iron Ring
- Keegan’s Falls
- Double Dilemma
- Fingernail Rock
- Sweet’s Falls
- Thumper
- Nemesis
- Gillespie’s Hole
- Chicken Ender