Whitewater Run NC Class V+

2. Garden of the Gods

American Whitewater

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Gauge Conditions

West Fork Pigeon River near Retreat, NC Upstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

Approximate reading: This gauge is 5.5 miles away on Pigeon. Use as a general reference only.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

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Description

Very tight, technical & steep section of the river through lots of tight slots & boulder gardens. Most of the run is no more than a couple yards from the road but doesn't mean it should be taken lightly. Chip Collins seems to have been the first person to run this section back in 2005. Check it out in Leland's *North Carolina Rivers and Creeks*. If Leland and other testosterone-laden creekers don't have a good feeling about running it, very few people will.