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Waterfall TN Class IV

Devil's Jump

Cumberland, Big South Fork - 3. Station Camp to Blue Heron, KY (19 miles) (TN)

Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 500.0 – 10,000.0 CFS

Boatable, but marginal whitewater.

Photo
Devil's Jump
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
Noted by two high overlook platforms on the rim of the gorge on river right. The river narrows down to about a 10 ft chute and drops about 4 feet and then washes into an undercut rock at lower levels. The higher the water the easier to avoid the undercut. The rapid requires an S-move similar to Nantahala Falls. At flows above 1,000cfs a right class III line opens up, but use caution if you are not a class IV boater, because getting out of the main current and into the big eddy above the right line is difficult. This line has a 4 ft drop onto a slightly undercut rock that with enough momentum will be missed completely. There's a pretty good recovery pool at the bottom.
Location
Type
Waterfall
Difficulty
Class IV
Mile Marker
18.9 mi
Directions
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3. Station Camp to Blue Heron, KY (19 miles)
Cumberland, Big South Fork
II+(IV) 60.1 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater