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Rapid NC

Log Jamb (Impaction)

Chattooga - Chattooga Cliffs - Grimshawes Bridge to Bull Pen Bridge (NC)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Chattooga River at Burrells Ford, near Pine Mtn, GA Downstream Primary

Runnable: 350.0 – 1,200.0 CFS

Due to an arbitrary decision by the Forest Service, the river is not boatable unless the river has previously exceeded 350 cfs the same day.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Two large boulders catch all the logs headed down the river. A must portage. The best route is to the left. Be careful of shifting logs. These trees are big enough to break a leg or worse if they move and they are stacked like pickup sticks.