Crack in the Rock
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Gauge Conditions
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
An Important note about Crack in the Rock rapid.
Crack is one of the few rapids that changes on a regular basis because logs and rocks shift around in the sieve that forms this rapid and can massively change the height of the pool. All of the existing guidebooks in print still recommend right crack as the prefered route. This is no longer the case. A flood back around 1998 blew the original log out of the crack. Since then right crack has become an undercut boulder sieve. Boats and boaters have washed under the logs and rocks in right crack.
Right crack can still be run but look at the drop before a blind run. Left crack has killed numerous swimmers, right crack has had many close calls and one fatality.
Crack is one of the few rapids that changes on a regular basis because logs and rocks shift around in the sieve that forms this rapid and can massively change the height of the pool. All of the existing guidebooks in print still recommend right crack as the prefered route. This is no longer the case. A flood back around 1998 blew the original log out of the crack. Since then right crack has become an undercut boulder sieve. Boats and boaters have washed under the logs and rocks in right crack.
Right crack can still be run but look at the drop before a blind run. Left crack has killed numerous swimmers, right crack has had many close calls and one fatality.
Most boaters run thru middle crack. Left crack does get run on occasion, but is usually avoided.
The good news is that the rapid can be portaged on both banks.
Location
Interactive river map
Loads as you approach this section.
Other Rapids on This Run (20)
Rapid
N/A
Highway 76 Put In
Rapid
IV+
Bull Sluice
Playspot
III
Surf Rapid
Rapid
III
Screaming Left Turn
Rapid
III
Rock Jumble
Hazard
III+
Woodall Shoals
Playspot
III+
The playspot above 7 foot
Rapid
IV
7 Foot Falls
Rapid
II+
Beaver Skull
Rapid
III+
Stekoa Creek Rapid
Playspot
III
Long Creek Falls Rapid and Playspot
Rapid
III+
Deliverance Rock
Playspot
II+
Turtle Head Rock
Hazard
III+
Ravens Chute
Rapid
II+
Tunnel of Love
Hazard
III
Hidden Rock
Rapid
III+
Little Woodall
Rapid
Camp Creek
Rapid
Five Falls
Rapid
IV
Entrance
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Section 4 - Route 76 Bridge to Tugaloo Lake Boat Ramp
Chattooga
II-IV+
8.4 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
American Whitewater