Trout Run - Halfmoon Trail to WV 55/259 bridge


Trout Run, West Virginia, US

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Halfmoon Trail to WV 55/259 bridge

Usual Difficulty II-IV (for normal flows)
Length 7 Miles
Avg. Gradient 75 fpm
Max Gradient 100 fpm

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
WAITES RUN NEAR WARDENSVILLE, WV
usgs-01610400 100 - 250 cfs II-IV 00h37m 13 cfs (rc= -0.9 )


River Description

Briefly, Trout Run is a fast-moving stream of mostly continuous Class II-III water with a couple sections that reach Class IV in difficulty. Anyone running it should be prepared for the usual small stream demons - strainers, limited eddies, low water bridges, water flowing through trees along the bank, etc. In February, 2003, two groups that ran the stream reported no tree-induced portages, but some limbo.

Lat/longitude coords are approximate, from TopoZone.


StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2004-10-23 15:52:13

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Trout at low water

Detail Trip Report  Trout at low water  Trout Run, WV(45.45KB .jpeg)


Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

This is a hard-to-catch high water run. If you find the Lost Dry Gorge too high at the putin, Trout Run might be up.

There is an online gauge on nearby Waites Run, which is referenced here and should provide a decent correlation. Limited observations indicate Trout Run could be up whenever Waites Run excedes 100 CFS - or 4 ft. - and is rising.

In February, 2003, Trout Run read 2.2 ft. at the Rt. 55 bridge gauge when the online Waites Run gauge read approx. 200 CFS. The level was 1.1 ft. when Waites run reported approx. 130 CFS.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
WAITES RUN NEAR WARDENSVILLE, WV
usgs-01610400 100 - 250 cfs II-IV 00h37m 13 cfs (rc= -0.9 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
0 - 100 cfs extremely Low-barely Low II-IV
100 - 250 cfs barely runnable-high runnable II-IV

Report - Reports of Trout Run Halfmoon Trail to WV 55/259 bridge and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
Trout Run [WV] Trout at low water n/a keith merkel

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User Comments
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2006-01-28 14:05:33 (2204 days ago)
Robert FarmerDetails
When I did it, Waites run gauge was probably around 4.25 and dropping. There is a steep, congested
section toward the bottom where logs can jam, followed by a nasty hole at the top of a very large
pool, followed by a big log jam that I barely snuck under and which could easily change. On site,
when I did it, the low-water bridge at the Hemlock Wilderness Brigade had the barest, unrunnable
trickle passing over the bridge; this level was somewhat abusive, but passable. If there's enough
water to paddle over the road, that would probably be a good level. If there's an ugly hole behind
the road, that might be intense! I didn't see a gauge at Rt 55, but maybe I missed it, even though
I took out there.
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