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Hazard VA Class III

Beaver Slide

Potomac - 7. Little Falls (VA)

Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 2.2 – 5.0 FT
Photo
Beaver Slide
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
This is a fun little slide that drops a good 12-15 feet from the river left side channel into the main flow. This channel consists of an entrance that drops into a small hole, with a larger hole on river left hugging the bank just past the first one. At levels between 2.5-3.0 feet, you will then have to cut hard to the left after the second hole to avoid two rocky shelves, or take some hard paddle strokes and stay center/right if you wanna make things interesting or are paddling a boat you don't own yourself. At 3 feet and above, its just a straight shot into the main current immediately above the Little Falls rapid. The Beaver Slide can be accessed either by going left immediately after the Z Channel at higher water levels, or taking out on a beach right below the second set of Midway Waves on the left. From there, it literally 20-30 steps up to the channel that feeds into the Beaver Slide
Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
1.3 mi
Directions
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7. Little Falls
Potomac
III+(IV) 2.4 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater