Rivers

Big Laurel

2007-03-03T23:14:00.000-05:00

Mar. 3, 07
0 on the bridge, fun medium water lvl
carried back up the train tracks
270 @ ivy river near Marshall
Spring Creek was at a lil above 0
7, 4oo cfs, French Broad @ newport

Courthouse Creek

2006-12-22T19:23:00.000-05:00

River Gauges:
Tanasee Creek, Wolf Creek, Davidson River USGS, Davidson River AFWS , NFFB USGS, NFFB AFWS
Rain Gauges:
Balsam Grove, Tanasee Creek, Wolf Creek, Cold Creek, Daniel Ridge, Mt. Hardy

Ran a .6 mile run on it twice on 12:00 Dec. 22 2006 fun boulder boogie
Minimum
@ 2ft on the courthouse bridge
3.5ft on the bridge for NFFB
1470 cfs at Rosman (later peaked at over 2000
Rain Gauges

Flat Shoals

2006-06-29T18:59:00.000-05:00

Reedy River

2006-06-29T18:57:00.000-05:00

4-Log Shoals Rd to West Georgia Rd

II (III)

6-Cedar Shoals

III

Davidson

2006-06-29T18:56:00.001-05:00

River Gauges:
Davidson River USGS, Davidson River AFWS
Rain Gauges:
Daniel Ridge, Mt. Hardy , Wagonroad Gap, Balsam Grove, Cradle of Forestry

11.2 sq. miles of drainage
2.2 mi
100ft/mi for .8 mi(above cove creek)
115ft/mi for 1.4mi
1.7+ can be done lower if willing
Divide the CFS on gauge by 3.5714285714285714285714285714286 to get the estimatedl CFS running down the creek
if enough water put in up farther than the cove creek crossing
take out where the river gets wide and has 2 channels has a good take out spot and easy hike to the road.
Whalesback- funky crosscurents to big hole backed by and underwater undercut rock do not puttin on cove creek unless high enough to do so (not enough speed). Do not swim it a keeper while swiming from what I could tell. set saftey on river left rock.
BLD- fun rapid, some undercuts on river right, can take video from either right on top or catch an eddie on bottom left.

Watch out for wood had an encounter with some on my second lap

1.62- 1.13.06
very boney to low, go somewhere else
Video

1.64-
boney
cant do the far right line at whalesback
got sucked into the hole from the seal launch rock but was able to work myself out

1.84 & 1.76- 12.23.06
2 laps fun and low
whales back hole is still a force to be reckon with. Right line barely out of play. Ran it one time ok but the second time I tried entering from cove creek and didnt have enough speed tried to boof a rock on left and got spun around hole ride to swim to being roped out. The undercut rock down there blocks the outflow so going deep may not work.
Video
Video With Music

2.07 to 2.00- 1.6.07
3 laps
Far right line barely possible.
Saw a boat being worked in whales back he got ok then we hooked up with them for shuttle for one run (will and brian).
Video

Above usual run(were forks come together)
3.9 sq. mi of drainage
1.25 mi of a run
200 ft/mi of gradient

Looking Glass Creek

2006-06-29T18:56:00.000-05:00

6.5 sq. miles
2 miles
143ft/mi for 1.5 mi
267ft/mi for .6 mi (sliding rock down)
Take-out first bridge after LGF
Put-in second bridge after LGF or at sliding rock
Davidson 2.5+
Divide the CFS by 5.7971014492753623188405797101449 to find estimated CFS in creek

River Gauges:
Davidson River USGS, Davidson River AFWS
Rain Gauges:
Daniel Ridge, Mt. Hardy , Wagonroad Gap, Balsam Grove, Cradle of Forestry

Three Tiered Drop- middle slide, right slide, Left 10ft boof
Sliding Rock- middle or left (handrail on right)
Super Sliding Rock- middle
Triple drop- middle to middle/right to right or possibly left
left boof
left/middle (small)
left
left/middle to right
Cave- duck under tree of over middle right to finger boof, if you go left go as far right a posible
middle/right boof
right (small)
middle (small)
right (small)
right (logs on left)

Little (Dupont Area)

2006-06-29T18:54:00.001-05:00

River Gauges:
Davidson River USGS, Davidson River AFWS , NFFB USGS, NFFB AFWS
Rain Gauges:
Guion Farms, Rich Mountain, Conneste Fall FD , Horsepen Mountain , Brevard

Divide the Davidson gauge by 1.215805471124620060790273556231 to get an estimated flow

Triple Falls-
First Drop- left boof to to a right side finish
Second Drop- far left or 2 ft right of rooster tail
Third- Middle Left hit the 2 bumps big boof into bottom pool

Down Below-
Boogie
Rail Slide- Right jump off slide to left whenever you want
Skitzophrenia- Far right to middle to right again; can do something on left
Boogie on down of left then follow the water down to Hook
Hooker- anywhere from left to middle; run the right upside down and without a helmet if you really wanna get messed up or you could just dive into the rock your choice

1.26- 12.30.06
A fun low the 2nd drop was a lil bit bumpy and hurt my back on the left, the middle line looked funner. Everything down below was fun, Hooker was still a fun drop on the left especialy.
Video

Below Cascade Lake-
Takes a long time to get below the dam
Cascade Falls- A fun drop, peel out into the current on RL keep driving to the right to stay on line
middle
middle
nice playwave

1.62- 1.13.07
a very fun medium
no scraping
Cascade Falls very fast, fun, and fairly hard to hit. Enter just to the right on the big wave.
Dan had an interesting line to the left. Fun 360 hole at powerhouse
Video

1.04 Davidson
1.52 Stick Gauge
3.24.07-
Scrapey, Cascade Falls still good but the rest is to scrapey, no hole by powerhouse

Eastoe

2006-06-29T18:54:00.000-05:00

200 cfs @ eighteen mile
1.5 ft @ davidson
good medium-low
hiked in from the second power line, good beginner run

Reedy Cove Creek

2006-06-29T18:53:00.001-05:00

From Camp McCall to Twin Falls

Rapids:

1.Stomper: 5.3; Big waterfall that lands on rock. Just above put-in

2.Deathjam: May be runnable with some removal of wood. Just below put-in.

3.Curtains: May be runnable if at high enough water level. 10 foot boof with no good place to boof off of. Lands in shallow water, quite a bit lands on the rock. Portage on left.

4.Hop Drops:IV+;A series of ledges. Run the first one in the middle with a good boof so you don't hit the bottom. Run the next small ledge on right. Run the next ledge on the right finger boof. Run the next one from right to left. Run the next on from right to left with alot of left angle to not run into trees. Run the next one down the middle. The portage trail is on right.

5.-Rail Road Crossing:IV; A series of 4 ledges, run them middle left(7ft), middle, middle, right to left or middle to left. Portage right.

6.Moss Rock:5.1; A couple of extremely tight ledges. Would be good to go if we got a log out of there. The first ledge should be run on right with a ton of right angle then middle or right. Then a boof on right then a boof to middle. There are beutifull moss covered rocks here and some undercuts too. The portage trail is on left. There is a log laying across the river just before the rapid.

7.Exit?:V; A 13 ft waterfall with wood in the entrance. Run it on middle right with right angle. The real cruz move of this rapid is to get to the exit on far river right. The rest of the river bed is blocked by large boulders. It would be good to set saftey on those boulders. Portage on left.

8.Galactic Oddysea:IV; an extremely long series of 10 or so slides. Get out at the bottom of this rapid on left to portage Twin Falls on left. You may want to set saftey at the bottom of this rapid. You also may want to run it more than once.

9.Twin Falls:VI; Death will come too you if you run it. Portage on left. You may want to go to the bottom of the falls to run the flume.

10.The Flume:III+; fun long slide.

Twelve Mile

2006-06-29T18:53:00.000-05:00

Cullasaja

2006-06-29T18:52:00.001-05:00

River Gauges
Cullasaja River USGS, Cullasaja River NOAA
Rain Gauges
Highlands AFWS , Higlands NOAA,

Upper

Middle
3.63-ran from bottom of cosmic crunch to just above the final class 5's
funnest section from 1st ledge to T-bone
the last few class 5's looked good at this lvl. too
low and scrappy
two log limbos
1. hard to portage; boof with good left stroke to limb
2. just after first; easier to portage; easier to limbo
could go right at second ledge-fun
portage just above T-bone could've maybe been run on left or right
T-bone good on left (make sure to get far enough left on the first drop)
Lower

Nantahala

2006-06-29T18:52:00.000-05:00

Middle Saluda

2006-06-29T18:51:00.001-05:00

SC Gauges
River
Middle Tyger River USGS, South Pacolet River USGS, Middle Tyger River NOAA, South Pacolet River NOAA
Rain

NC Gauges
River
NFFB USGS, NFFB AFWS , Davidson River USGS, Davidson River AFWS
Rain
Conneste Fall FD, Rich Mountain

In the park
Park times: 9am-6pm (9pm during DST)
Trail Closed above the putin bridge

One chunk of wood below razor back.

South Saluda

2006-06-29T18:51:00.000-05:00

Little Eastoe

2006-06-29T18:50:00.001-05:00

Highway 11
First pulloff East from long shoals park to long shoals
IV
.4mi
300ft/mi
1.5+in of rain

Chelie- middle, also can be run left
Face Crusher- somewhere between middle and left
Truck stop- 4 stage narrow channel, fast moving drop. The first drop of Truck Stop is best run on right. The next S turn drop should be run right, to avoid pinning on rocks on left, with forward momentum and a right hand stroke to keep from getting pushed into the river right rock, pretty much just keep on going straight because the channel takes a right hand turn. The next drop of Truck Stop can be run any where. The next drop after that is an S turn at low level but a higher you can just run river right over a straight slide, if you run on far right have some left angle so you don't pin on the river right rock, but don't run to far in the middle because there is another rock to pin into.
class III- boogie between Truck Stop and Green Wave.
Green Wave- has a few curlers that keep you away from the river left undercut. With a few correctional strokes, to keep you from getting side ways, and a strong stroke to get you over the hole you should be fine.

Chelie: III
Face Crusher:III
Truck Stop:IV
Green Wave:IV

200 cfs @ eighteen mile
1.5 ft @ davidson
Barely Scrape able go somewhere else

Chauga

2006-06-29T18:50:00.000-05:00

Chattooga

2006-06-29T18:49:00.000-05:00

II- Highway 28 to Earl's Ford

II (II+)

5.7 miles

15 fpm

III- Earl's Ford to US 76

II-III+ (IV)

12 miles

25 fpm

Alt. Put-in/Take-out:

1. Sandy Ford-mile #3, nice trail

2. Blue Tag Trail- mile #6, maybe, ruged steep trail, hard to spot, look for blue trail markers on SC side, but takes out the Duldrums section

3. Fall Creek- mile #8

4. Thrifts Ferry- mile #11, nice trail

IV- US 76 to Lake Tugaloo Boat Ramp

II-IV+
6.3 miles

50 fpm

Alt. Put-in/Take-out:

1. Woodall Shoals- mile #2, nice short trail

2. Camp Creek- mile #5, GA side

Rapids:

1. Bull Sluice- IV; Put-in at the eddy and either take the double drop, ns, middle drop, just follow the tongue of water down the middle and boof, or left drop, ns, depending on water level.

2. Surf Rapid- III; Head straight down the river right side, into the hole and swirly water at the bottom. There is a good hole at the bottom for enders and stuff, with a good river right eddy.

3. Screaming Left Turn- III; Start in the middle and then head to the middle right to catch and eddy behind a rock from there peal out and go over the first hole then bank off the pillow to the left end off the rapid on the left. There is a slot just left of the main line that goes under an undercut, its kinda a boof line that you boof off the rock to the right with the undercut rock on the left. There is also a small boof at the bottom left of the drop.

3. Rock Jumble- III;A slide that can be run down the middle, but at low water that line is full of little piton points. Another line is the Watauga Route on the left which is a double drop which you enter just to the left of the rock that splits the flow and head to the left to finish off the drop.

4. Woodall Shoals- IV; With a V+ keeper hole the middle at levels about 1.3 and up. The usual line is far river right in which you can set up in an eddy in the upper left side of the drop to make the ride go smoothly down a small chute that you may slightly piton into if you just run straight down the drop. The middle line is safe about 1.3 and below in which there is a few lines you can hit a middle right eddy just above the drop then slide down the right side, or make a hairy ferry over to the left to the rooster tail. You can also just skip the eddy and just go straight for the drop. There is another good sized hole called Bob's hole which is in the middle of boogie water down to the bottom this hole can get sticky at higher water levels. There is also a left line but that only opens up at around 3ft. Portage left.

5. Seven Foot Falls- IV; There is some good sized holes/waves leading up to here. After the last hole you can catch and eddy on the left, then ferry over to the right to boof the rock on the right. Have some right angle so you dont run into the river left wall the river runs into. There is also a river right line but it doesn't seem very fun and has a tree in it I think.

6. Stekoa Creek Slide- III+; A fun slide just after Stekoa Creek comes in. Here is where the Chattooga looses its Wild and Scenic River rank, because of the nasty water coming in on river right. The side is on river right you can either boof right/straight to get into the eddy on right, or boof left into a little shoot between the rocks (raft trap)

7. Long Creek Falls Rapid- III; Beutifull falls on the left.

8.Deliverance Rock- III+; Start right and head to the left. This is the spot where you see a person's hand from Deliverance slip under a rock.

9.Turtle Head Rock- II+; Look back after the rapid and you can see a turtle's head in of the rocks.

10.Raven Chute- III+; A fun little slide/chute on river left that crosses over to the middle. There is also a middle and right line that open up at higher water levels. There is a massive rock wall on river left just past this rapid.

11.Little Woodall- III+;The main line on right. A good sized hole in the middle line, there is also a small little slot that you can run on the left.

12.Camp Creek- Start of the Five Falls section.

13.Entrance- IV; The main line is on the right in which you slide down a left angled slide. There is also a middle line in which you use the finger rock on the middle left to boof, make sure you get a fairly strong right hand boof stroke so you do not hit the rock at the bottom of the drop.

14.Corkscrew- IV+;At low water catch and eddy on right the right and then ferry to left boof off of the left rock making sure not to hit a piece of rock that sticks up finish middle. A clearer middle line at higher water. A twisted ride to the bottom in the middle, there are some sharp rocks that can mess with you at low water. If you don't want to run the whole rapid you can portage the first half on right then slide into an eddy and run the last hole of the rapid. Portage right.

15.Crack in the Rock- IV; There are quite a few different lines on this rapids a different levels, but most of them are fairly dangerous. The safest line is in the threw the middle crack. Portage Right.

16.Jawbone- IV+; This rapid can be fairly easy, but the Hydroelectric rock at the bottom makes it dangerous. Start on the right then punch into the eddy on left. From there you can either leave at the top of the eddy or at the bottom of the eddy down a small slide. Watch out for Decap rock on the right. There is fast moving water downstream of here, stay left and left of Hydroelectic rock to finish the rapid. Portage left.

Sock 'em Dog- IV+; Run on right usualy trying to hit the launch pad if it is submerged and if not run just the left of the pad. There is also a sneak when the water is higher on left.

Shoulderbone- IV; At low water run on left to an eddy on left turn around and head back to the right. At higher just run left or you can run the socket on right.

Lake Tugaloo

1.58 bridge
1.67 internet
3.11.07- toaster slot on Screaming Left, Fun boof on Rock Jumble off of the right side of the center rock (drive across the curler), Fun boogie leading up to 7 foot, middle line on entrance, right crack, stout hole to punch to get into the eddy at jawbone, 3 x on sock'em dog, 2 good boof, 1 melt down to the left into a backflip in the hole but washed me out. Fun day.
Video

1.65 bridge
1.81 internet
1.20.07- Bull to woodall It was a lot of fun lots of good little pocket holes for spinning, toaster slot on Screaming Left was tight but fun. Rockjumbles watauga route I should've drove harder left. Bobs hole on woodall looked fairly sticky, a must boof.