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Rapid NC Class IV

Kayakers Ledge

French Broad - 9. Barnard to Hot Springs (NC)

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Gauge Conditions
French Broad River at Marshall, NC Upstream Primary
Runnable: 700.0 – 7,000.0 CFS

1200 is a reasonable minimum for the section from Stackhouse to Hot springs

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Kayakers Ledge
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

A ~5 foot ledge into a hole with a large eddy (far river right) and a large tounge formation (far river left). This rapid is the first rapid you will see if you go down the river right channel around Mountain Island. At ~7000 cfs Kayakers Ledge creates a terminal hole and commerical rafts will instead run the left channel around Mountain Island which has a smaller rapid called Needle. 

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class IV
Mile Marker
6.3 mi
Directions
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9. Barnard to Hot Springs
French Broad
III-IV 8.2 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater