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Hazard AR Class III+

Room of Doom (AKA Lemming Falls)

Buffalo - 1) Dixon Ford to Boxley Bridge (15 Miles) (AR)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
Buffalo River near Boxley, AR Downstream Primary
Runnable: 4.5 – 8.0 FT
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Room of Doom (AKA Lemming Falls)
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Lead in pool goes to the left, and then comes back around to the right - but on the approach you can see a very noticable rock bluff ahead on river left. As you get closer, you'll notice a very obvious undercut (at all but the highest of water levels) at the bottom of the bluff. This is the 'Room of Doom' at the bottom of the rapid. The rapid itself is a series of 3 good drops, the first and second are clean and straight forward, but the 3 drop has a large rock roughly left of center. Left of this rock is a nasty pourover hydraulic in the worst possible spot leading right into the undercut bluff. Best approach is to start middle river, then hold a consistent river right angle thru 2 drops, then hit the final drop to the right side of the mid-stream rock. Once at the bottom, paddle right into a well defined and large eddy with a good rock beach and watch for your buddies coming down.

Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class III+
Mile Marker
4.6 mi
Directions
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1) Dixon Ford to Boxley Bridge (15 Miles)
Buffalo
II-III+ 15.0 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater