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Hazard GA Class II+

First Ledge

Chattahoochee - 3.14 - Upper Hooch - GA Route 115 to Duncan Bridge Road (GA)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Chattahoochee River near Leaf, GA Upstream Primary

Runnable: 1.8 – 5.0 FT

Good all round level for many paddlers (II-II+)

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

First Ledge

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

At flows above 2500 cfs or over about 4 feet a dangerous low head dam type hole forms on the right side of this rapid. This one is easy to see coming due to the long pool above it and the large rock outcrop on river right. Run left or right at most water levels.

Location

Other Rapids on This Run (12)

Put In

Buck Island Shoals

Buck Island Shoals

Canoe Eating Rock

Canoe Eating Rock

Second Ledge

Third Ledge

Washboard

False Horseshoe

False Horseshoe

Horseshoe

Shoals below horseshoe

Shoals below horseshoe

Take Out

Take-out

One more for the road.

One more for the road.

Type

Hazard

Difficulty

Class II+

Mile Marker

1.5 mi

Directions

3.14 - Upper Hooch - GA Route 115 to Duncan Bridge Road

Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.

Current Conditions

5-Day Forecast

Whitewater data from
American Whitewater