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Hazard NC Class V

Plaid Falls

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

Long, 25' slide with a fin of rock bisecting the flow. Run right of the fin, and drive right before the final 5' slide, as there is a log laying off the left bank about halfway across the river, in the hole. As of October 2004, there was a blowdown off the right bank hanging into the slide about halfway down. It is still possible to run the slide, but a severe lashing is a definate possibility, as is impalement or straining. The water at the top wants to push you right, away from the fin, into the blowdown. There's only ~4 feet of blue sky between the tree and the fin. Scout or begin the heinous portage on the right. Bring your rope and sticky shoes.