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Waterfall NC Class V

Jacob's Ladder

American Whitewater 35.1562, -82.8741

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Gauge Conditions

French Broad River at Rosman, NC Downstream Primary

Runnable: 350.0 – 1,000.0 CFS

Upper limit for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow boaters with a comment or report.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

12 foot broken shelf slide into a 8 foot vertical drop. In THE BOTTOM CENTER OF THE VERTICAL DROP IS A POTHOLE!!!!! Usually run starting middle, angled right through the fluff, driving right down the shelves, and powering up into a sliding boof off the right wall at the bottom to clear the hole. Be aware that the shelves can grab your boat and slam you (seen a shoulder dislocation here), and the eddy in the trees on the right can spin you around. The line is tight. If you find yourself going off the bottom drop in the middle, BOOF. A vertical pin here is a VERY real possibility, though the pothole allegedly flushes on the right. There are also those who run right to left (watch the video below), and those who run it "Hard, Fast, and down the Middle" at lower flows (below 0) Clean trail on the left.