Well's Falls

At the aforementioned dead end, the entire river actually makes a 90-degree left turn to enter Well's Falls, possibly the most amazing rapid in the entire Tygart system. Look for a thick breaking wave just off of a large rock on the right. Eddy out behind this rock to see what you are about to get into, but be aware this eddy ends in a nasty pinning slot and don't let the scenery distract you.  Well's Falls is named for its abundance of natural potholes or "wells" in the bedrock formation.  Sliding past the eddy the entire river necks way down and screams into an awesome diagonal wave before turning 90 degrees back to the right and then pounding down a huge tongue into a megahole big enough to swallow your entire family tree.  Hitting this hole at anything above low water is akin to faceplanting a soft brick wall.  Backenders are instantaneous and dynamic. Fortunately there is just too much river slamming into this monster for water to recirc more than 4 or 5 seconds and you can actually see it cycle back and forth from "your ass is mine" to "I'm gonna let you blow through this time, suckah."  Most paddlers try to hit the diagonal wave on its raised left edge and track to the left on the tongue to slip to the left of the hole in very funky water.  Some make it, some don't.  Those that do end up blasting just to the right of an overhanging aircraft carrier rock and, when the volume is high enough to wash up on that rock, possibly riding down through the curtain pouring off it's side whilst glimpsing the cavern underneath.  SWEEET!!!  If you hit the hole, get mucho air before impact as you might be down there for a while.