Upper Gauley
Screaming S-Turn
INFORMATION
RAPID NAME: Screaming S-Turn
RAPID RATING: Class IV
RIVER SECTION: Upper Gauley
Screaming S-Turn Rapid is named for the move that you’ll have to make if you choose the left hand line. From the entrance you’ll have to ferry far enough to the left to avoid a pinning rock and a nasty undercut slot. At higher flows the push of the water makes for a small margin of error. By 2800 cfs (Fall Flow), most rafters will opt for the line down the right side.
The right hand route is pretty straightforward. Just be sure to get far enough to the right to avoid the retentitive ledge hole.
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Screaming S-Turn Rapid at 2800 cfs
Filmed from large upstream boulder on the right, video includes a description of the features present in Screaming S-Turn Rapid. Inlcudes footage of whitewater rafting and kayaking through the rapid.
Screaming S-Turn Rapid at 650 cfs
Filmed from undercut boulders on the left, this video includes a description of low water features in Screaming S-Turn Rapid and includes footage of whitewater rafting, kayaking and inflatable kayaks.
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