Little Falls VA Side

An extremely fun and adrenaline pumping line that consists of going to the right of the center island that divides the river. Here you will find an extremely fast moving current that drops into a large and irregular hole to the immediate right of the island known as the Darkside Hole. The center of the VA channel is more of a slide over two shelves with a frighteningly powerful current whipping into the side of your boat at a 45 degree angle from upstream, and a large staging eddy on the far right.
 Below these features, the two main currents from the VA side converge again into a single current which creates all sorts of chaotic eddy lines, mystery boils, and reactionary waves which will flip you before you even realize you are going over. Swimming here or getting pushed off line at higher water levels will likely end in the Swirling Eddy Of Doom which can be very hard to boat out of and downright terrifying to swim into. The narrow channel also can lead to flipped boaters briefly pinning against the rocks on river right which often results in swims. Be extremely careful on the eddy lines here at higher water levels, and get ready to deal with some powerful pushy water. 
There are numerous ways to successfully run the VA side. You can take the conservative sneak route mentioned above depending on the water level, enter to the far right and cut past a little pour-over hole into the large eddy, go straight down the center and work on edge control, do the hairy/scary ferry from the MD side over to the VA side above the center island, or take the hero route to the immediate right of the island and down the slide into the Darkside Hole. At certain water levels, you can even start on the VA side and then cut back to the MD side in between a divide in the rocks of the center island about halfway down the rapid. It's a ton of fun and one of the best intermediate rapids in the area! Still an awesome rush after countless runs!