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Rapid WV Class III

"Silo" Rapid

New - 12. McCreery to Thurmond (WV)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

New River at Thurmond, WV Downstream Primary

Runnable: 1.3 – 9.8 FT

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Silo is a wave/hole extending from the right bank, and can be avoided by staying left. There's a long pool before it and after it. Named for the silo on river right just upstream.