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Hazard SC Class III

Suicide Slide, aka Can Opener, aka Boat Buster

Chauga - 4: Cobbs Bridge Rd. to N. Horseshoe Bridge Rd. (SC)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Chattooga River near Clayton, GA Upstream Primary

Runnable: 2.0 – 10.0 FT

Upper limit for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow boaters with a comment or report.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Suicide Slide, aka Can Opener, aka Boat Buster

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

This is the biggest rapid on the river. The main flow dropps over a slide on river right. Thre are lines on the left and right side of the slide around the knife rock. An line on the far left is possible but can sometimes pinch pin boats.