Whitewater Run GA Class IV-V(V+)

Highway 28 to Overflow Creek

Big Creek

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Runnable: 4.6 – 7.0 FT

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Description
Big Creek runs 2 miles from Hwy 28 to the Three Forks confluence. There are still 2 more miles of paddling out on Overflow Creek to the take-out. The final half mile to the confluence drops 214 feet in the half mile for a nearly 430 fpm average. _"The First time Russ Kullmar and I ran this. It had already been run once before by a local C1 paddler back in the late 1970's._ _So we tracked him down and asked him... whats it like?_ _"Great run, but don't take your kayak. It gets in the way in all the portages!"_ _He was right... great run, and we only walked 1 1/2 drops ("Jesus Christ" and "Holy Shit" - aptly named by our first utterances when we saw them)._ _Holy Shit is the one that ends in the big fall at the end._ _Jesus Christ is the one above it that goes into a bowl... used to have a tree in it._ _The names were all very expletive. Rock Bottom, Kullmars Courage, Bruces Sluice, Oh My God, Fuck Me.... I suppose most of these names have changed now." Corran Addison from RBP circa 1997._ There is another named drop called thunderdome. Corran Addison's page on a Big Creek descent in the late 80's
Difficulty
Class IV-V(V+)
Length
4.2 mi
Gradient
200 ft/mi
max 258
Rapids
0
Difficulty Classes
I Easy II Novice III Intermediate IV Advanced V Expert/Extreme VI Unrunnable
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
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