Upper Gauley
Little Z
INFORMATION
RAPID NAME: Little Z
RAPID RATING: Class III
RIVER SECTION: Upper Gauley
This little rapid can be run on both the left and the right. You’ll want to watch out for two knuckle rocks in the middle of the river at the top. The first one is just at the surface of the water, and the second is a more visible pyramid shaped rock.
View an Aerial Image of Little Z Rapid
Little Z Rapid at 2800 cfs
Filmed from the bottom left, this video inlcudes a description of the features present in Little Z Rapid at the Autumn release water level, and includes footage of rafters and kayakers navigating various lines.
SELECT A RAPID BELOW
- 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