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Rapid WV Class IV

Pete Morgan - Lower Coliseum

Cheat - 2. (Canyon) Albright to Jenkinsburg Bridge (WV)

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Gauge Conditions
Cheat River at Albright, WV Upstream Primary
Runnable: 11.0 – 15.0 FT

Corresponds roughly to 2.25-3.25' at the Bridge.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Pete Morgan - Lower Coliseum
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

This rapid is named for Pete Morgan, who owned a gas station in Albright and often read the gauge for paddlers in the pre-internet days of the 1960's. Last drop is run in the center of the left channel. The last part of this drop changed two years ago, and is much more difficult.  At lower water, run the main "V" and launch off the drop just to the left of the large boulder in the middle of the river.

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class IV
Mile Marker
8.2 mi
Directions
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2. (Canyon) Albright to Jenkinsburg Bridge
Cheat
III-IV 11.0 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater