Whitewater Run NC Class V

Near the Green

American Whitewater

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Gauge Conditions

Big Falls Creek near Tigerville, SC Downstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

Approximate reading: This gauge is 5.2 miles away on Joe Creek. Use as a general reference only.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

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Description

According to _North Carolina Rivers & Creeks_, this run is completely off limits. It was run in the 1990's, when a friendly landowner allowed access and opened up the dam for releases. The land was sold, and the new landowner isn't interested in accommodating paddlers' desires. Too bad; according to Leland's description, it's a pretty schweet run, with some big-assed slides. _Leland used to run it fairly frequently with no portages, including the big slide from the base of the dam on down. I suspect he did a lot of grooming to keep it open. I ran Joe Creek with Leland once at WAAAY too high a level. I eddied out above a big drop just in time to see him swim...he recovered his boat a day later, I believe from Lake Summit! I think he swam, anyway. All I really remember is Leland's boat taking off without him and John Parmenter and me concluding that we had had enough._ _If you want to know what has been run and what hasn't, you really need to contact Leland._ \-\- RS _Lat/longitude coords are approximate, from online maps. (It doesn't matter much, since you won't be running this badboy--not for a while, anyway.)_

Difficulty

Class V

Length

1.1 mi

Gradient

440 ft/mi

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