O.C.T. Maury at Goshen Pass Saturday April 12

[bambam]

As part of the Coastals quarterly gathering I am offering an advanced trip on the Maury River through Goshen Pass. I rate the run as class III (IV) (IV) which means it contains two rapids that I consider to spill over into class IV. Will it be running? Tough call. As of this writing (Tuesday night) it's running at a low super-technical level. Pumps primed. The area is expecting about an inch of rain spread over Thursday and Friday so I'm hopeful. I'll need to make the call early Saturday morning.

Please don't just show up for this one.

If interested, plan on being in the area to meet at 11:00. If the pass is running then we'll meet at "the ledges" takeout. It's a long gravel pull off right next to the river about a mile upstream of where route 39 crosses the river above Rockbridge Baths. By the way, GPS navigation tends to not be so reliable around the pass and there is generally no phone signal so glance at a map at home and take notes.

If the pass is higher than my comfort level then we might run from Indian Pool to the post office, a class III run. If it's too low but not horribly low then we might join Raymond's trip (look around on this message board topic) on the Maury from the post office to Copper Road. If the rain is a bust then we'll switch to Balcony Falls on the James, again joining Raymond's group.

Cheers,

Ken Dubel

[WARRENSCH]

Planning on being there.
Warren

[GeorgeMichie]

I will be there if "the good Lord is willin' and the creek DO rise, but not too much."

[billh1970]

I plan on being there, unless Johns Creek is running a nice level for me. GK is planning to come too.

[scrunge]

I will probably be there, depending on level.

[dsarisky]

I'll be there
- Dan Sarisky

[bambam]

As of this writing Friday evening, Goshen Pass (the Maury at Rockbridge Baths) is running at 2.09 feet / 323 cfs. I've run it this low and got through but that was in August when I hadn't boated in a month and I was in a beater boat with people who know every rock in the river and it was still a bumpy ride.

It's not suited for a club trip so I am canceling unless we get surprise rain overnight.

The subsection below Indian Pool is even worse as the river spreads out. Below the post office is fine.

We'll get it next time!

Ken Dubel

[bambam]

Confirming, we did not get any miracle rain last night. This trip remains canceled.

Ken

[Raymond]

Anyone who replied to this trip on the Forum is welcome to join the Rockbridge Baths trip, meeting at 11 at the Post Office.