2. Lower, Along Route 64/74 to Lake Lure at Chimney Rock

The Rocky Broad reclaimed nearly its entire valley during Hurricane Helene in the fall of 2024, taking out roads, houses, and pretty much everything in its path. The Rocky Broad is now and will always be totally different from the Class IV-V boulder garden run that it once was. It is expected that NCDOT will be rebuilding the road through the valley until sometime late in 2027, and at some point in the interim they will be removing the temporary road and the channels they built in the riverbed. After they are done the army corps of engineers is likely to try to 'restore' parts of the river. Suffice it to say that we won't know what the future Rocky Broad is going to look like for a few years, and hopefully paddlers can help shape that future. Paddling the run in the interim is likely a poor choice given the level of construction and destruction in the area. Disregard the rapids listed below, which will be replaced when new beta emerges.