Upper Gauley
Lower Collison Creek
INFORMATION
RAPID NAME: Lower Collison Creek
RAPID RATING: Class III
RIVER SECTION: Upper Gauley
This rapid is recognizable by the house sized undercut boulder on the left side of the channel. There is a nice wave train in the middle of the river.
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Lower Collison Creek Rapid at 2800 cfs
Filmed from the large boulder on the left, this video includes a description of the features present in Lower Collison Creek Rapid and includes footage of whitewater rafting and kayaking through the rapid. This is also referred to as Upper French Kiss Rapid.
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