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Hazard AR Class III

The Mother

Big Piney Creek - 3) Helton's Farm (Treat) to Long Pool Campground (8.4 miles) (AR)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
Big Piney Creek at Highway 164 near Dover, AR Downstream Primary
Runnable: 1.8 – 5.0 FT
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
The Mother
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

AKA 'Cascades of Extinction'

A short entrance leads to a riverwide 3-ft ledge in front of an undercut boulder on the left. Followed shortly by the 3-Sisters (rocks in the run out ready to pin wary boats that have been abandoned by swimmers)

Hug the right side of the river to follow a clean line through the rapid

A serious 4-WD road can be used to access this area on river right.

Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
6.6 mi
Directions
Navigate
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3) Helton's Farm (Treat) to Long Pool Campground (8.4 miles)
Big Piney Creek
II+(III) 8.3 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater