reply to comment about hiking nice trail from national falls on river rt side . to get there cross
bridge in friendsville onto river rt side. about 1 1/2 blocks up road there is gated trail it is a
quality trail aprox 1/2 way but gets narrow. richard.jonathan1@gmail Edit
2009-08-17 11:53:24 (112 days ago)
Is there easy hiking to few the rapids from shore? Planning on a trip with friends but don't feel
the confidence to paddle the upper quite yet so I decided to take photos... any tips appreciated! Edit
2009-07-13 10:29:54 (147 days ago)
Being more of a novice, is there a public put-in above Sang Run and if so, what is the river like
from that put-in down to Sang Run Edit
There is a log across the channel to the right of the standard line in the second drop of triple
drop(the drop above national). I don't see people run the line very often, but a member of our
group got pinned there last Saturday. It was a very bad situation, but luckily the result was
fairly good. It would be extremely dangerous in a low volume boat. At 2.1 the log was barely under
the water. I highly recommend running the standard line. Mike Kraemer
Jeff Macklin posted: There is SERIOUS wood in the Toilet Bowl! Yep, i know it sounds funny, but
this could be very serious. Mel's Toilet Bowl is a sieve/siphon on river right about 80 yards below
Charlies Choice. It is large enough to pass a person or a boat (not sure if it could pass a person
IN a boat). A few people have had the scary misfortune of getting sucked in it, through it and spit
out of the back side of it ... with no injury. If someone blunders into the Toilet Bowl in its
present condition, there is a good chance that they will not come out! If you know where it is,
this feature is very easy to avoid. See the photos for a look at what we're talking about.
2008-12-17 02:56:06 (355 days ago)
There is a tree in the crack rock above triple drop. Edit
ALL: I paddled the Top Yough into the Upper yesteday, June 8th 2008. Many months ago, a tornado
ripped many, many trees down the sides of the flatwater stretch above Sang Run Rd. The next big
flood/hurricane could turn the Upper into a death trap of big strainers. It was good to go on the
6-8-08, with some new wood but easily avoidable. Just be careful in there after the next really big
storm.
9.58 miles for the upper yough. First three miles are flat, losing a total of 15 feet, 5 fpm. Gap
Falls is about mile 2.6 on the maps. Mile 3-4 = 33 feet. 4-5 = 126 feet 5-6 = 83 6-7 = 170 (mile 7
ends at Kendall on the maps, Topozone give this mile 130) 7-8 = 40 8-9 = 40 As we all know, that
last mile is flat.
Hi, I just want to clarify two things. 1) At Gap Falls, there is an almost-river-wide hole, so
virtually everyone rides the tongue down the far left with a left-to-right angle. 2) Above Bastard,
the river turns almost 90 degrees left. Then---and this is very important---below the boof move,
there are severely nasty midstream pinning rocks, which are potentially fatal if you screw up. Go
left or right, but not down the middle. Use caution! Watch for strainers!
Taking advantage of the fantastic Thanksgiving weekend weather, a few of us made some "low water"
runs down the UY. The Friendsville gauge was 2.87' on Friday, and 2.81' (38 cfs less) on Saturday.
We managed to stay in our boats Friday but were knuckledragging for a bit, especially on the
flatwater between the put-in and Gap Falls. Saturday, we had to walk about 50 yards. I'd recommend
3.0' at Friendsville as the low water cutoff. There was a noticable difference in the flatwater
between the two runs, and some minor changes to the rapids. Overall, we had fun, the trips seemed
much more relaxed than a usual release, and it was nice to see clear green water with white peaks
instead of the usual muddy brown stuff. On a side note, Deep Creek Hydro had Noon and Midnight
releases 3 days prior to the holiday weekend. Why couldn't they have waited? :-(
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bridge in friendsville onto river rt side. about 1 1/2 blocks up road there is gated trail it is a
quality trail aprox 1/2 way but gets narrow. richard.jonathan1@gmail Edit
the confidence to paddle the upper quite yet so I decided to take photos... any tips appreciated! Edit
from that put-in down to Sang Run Edit
drop(the drop above national). I don't see people run the line very often, but a member of our
group got pinned there last Saturday. It was a very bad situation, but luckily the result was
fairly good. It would be extremely dangerous in a low volume boat. At 2.1 the log was barely under
the water. I highly recommend running the standard line. Mike Kraemer
this could be very serious. Mel's Toilet Bowl is a sieve/siphon on river right about 80 yards below
Charlies Choice. It is large enough to pass a person or a boat (not sure if it could pass a person
IN a boat). A few people have had the scary misfortune of getting sucked in it, through it and spit
out of the back side of it ... with no injury. If someone blunders into the Toilet Bowl in its
present condition, there is a good chance that they will not come out! If you know where it is,
this feature is very easy to avoid. See the photos for a look at what we're talking about.
ripped many, many trees down the sides of the flatwater stretch above Sang Run Rd. The next big
flood/hurricane could turn the Upper into a death trap of big strainers. It was good to go on the
6-8-08, with some new wood but easily avoidable. Just be careful in there after the next really big
storm.
Falls is about mile 2.6 on the maps. Mile 3-4 = 33 feet. 4-5 = 126 feet 5-6 = 83 6-7 = 170 (mile 7
ends at Kendall on the maps, Topozone give this mile 130) 7-8 = 40 8-9 = 40 As we all know, that
last mile is flat.
virtually everyone rides the tongue down the far left with a left-to-right angle. 2) Above Bastard,
the river turns almost 90 degrees left. Then---and this is very important---below the boof move,
there are severely nasty midstream pinning rocks, which are potentially fatal if you screw up. Go
left or right, but not down the middle. Use caution! Watch for strainers!
runs down the UY. The Friendsville gauge was 2.87' on Friday, and 2.81' (38 cfs less) on Saturday.
We managed to stay in our boats Friday but were knuckledragging for a bit, especially on the
flatwater between the put-in and Gap Falls. Saturday, we had to walk about 50 yards. I'd recommend
3.0' at Friendsville as the low water cutoff. There was a noticable difference in the flatwater
between the two runs, and some minor changes to the rapids. Overall, we had fun, the trips seemed
much more relaxed than a usual release, and it was nice to see clear green water with white peaks
instead of the usual muddy brown stuff. On a side note, Deep Creek Hydro had Noon and Midnight
releases 3 days prior to the holiday weekend. Why couldn't they have waited? :-(