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Rapid GA Class II

Surfing Rapid

Cartecay - 2. Lower Cartecay Road to Stegall Mill Road Road (GA)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Cartecay River near Ellijay, GA Downstream Primary

Runnable: 1.8 – 6.0 FT

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Description

After Rock Garden work your way through some shoals and pools until you come to a river wide ledge known as "Surfing Rapid. Here is a good place for beginners to work on their surfing skills. It has a good recovery pool and a nice beach, but you should be prepared to roll or get rescued because it is easy to flip here. Run left of the island after Surfing Rapid to run "S-Turn".