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Hazard SC Class III

Mill Race Rapids

Saluda - 4 - Lake Murray Dam to Broad/Congaree confluence (SC)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
Saluda River below Lake Murray DAM near Columbia, SC Upstream Primary
Runnable: 700.0 – 20,000.0 CFS
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Mill Race Rapids
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

When the water is above about 800 cfs it's a class III (technical). The water can be as high as 20,000 cfs. At that point, it's a monster and I'd seriously think twice about running it. It's easily a class IV. The problem with millrace is that it's an old dam that was dynamited years back and is rumored to have rebar (steel rods that reinforced the concrete) all through the area.

Lines here are very much open to your discretion, not a whole lot of consequence and very easy to practice eddy hopping at normal levels. Anything center right all the way to river left is usally ok.

Millrace is often park and hucked, using the riverwalk on the river left side at the bottom of the rapid.

Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
7.5 mi
Directions
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4 - Lake Murray Dam to Broad/Congaree confluence
Saluda
I-III+(IV) 8.9 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater