Put-in gage upstream of falls and dam, look left off swinging bridge....7'' was a fluffy, 3'' a good medium. More important is red take-out gage: -2'' minimum or you'll hike down a few islands. New Wood 1/2 mi in can be snuck via far left crack. New wood in Rear entry's right crack - get left or get out. Edit

2 runs today at 0'&lt;br /&gt;<br /> New red gage at takeout on r right: 0' today and <br /> I'd say that's a good minimum to paddle out.&lt;br <br /> /&gt;<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Put-in: New red gage below swinging bridge <br /> upstream of falls and dam (across bridge from <br /> Cane Falls parking) - read 0' too. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> All logs avoidable. Walked 'Rear Entry' since left <br /> sneak hard to enter. Remarkably more <br /> channelized in runout. Pushed across the last <br /> braided area (L then R) but otherwise bumped <br /> through fine. One bad log within sight of <br /> takeout&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Collins 1200, Calfkiller 950&lt;br /&gt;

1/9/05: 2.5 was a medium level - new gravel bar makes gage read higher (2.7 yesterday looked like 2x the water). If the shoal upstream of the bridge is scrapey, the last miles will be too. No log portages required - remarkable clean. Rangers friendly. Calfkiller was 5.8, collins 3000, Caney Fork 1.7

The link for the Calfkiller gauge is this:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &lt;a href=http://waterdata.usgs.gov/tn/nwis/uv?<br /> 03419800 target=_blank&gt;http://waterdata.usgs.gov/<br /> tn/nwis/uv?03419800&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Sounds like you should see 5.7 or above on Calfkiller <br /> before heading to Cane

Here are some numbers I just crunched:<br /> <br /> Falls to Piney Creek - 2.2 miles at 172 ft/mile<br /> Steepest mile - 220 ft/mile from mile 0.3 to mile 1.3<br /> steepest stretch - 250 ft/mile for 0.4 miles (second gorge)<br /> Piney Creek to takeout - 4.8 miles at 42 ft/mile <br /> Piney Creek to hikeout - 1 mile at 75 ft/mile<br /> total length and gradient - 7 miles with 580 ft of drop<br />

There’s only one word to describe Cane Creek – Spectacular. The put-in is amazing, the scenery is unparalleled, and the quality of the run is phenomenal. If you have the skills, you must put Cane Creek on your to-do list. Here’s the scoop<br /> <br /> Cane Creek is a IV – V+ run with 3 distinct gorges. The first gorge is a solid IV – V+, with the other two being IV – V. The gorges are all back-to-back-to-back class IV – IV+ rapids with an occasional V thrown in for fun. Everything is tight and technical with very little room for error. The rapids are mostly boulder gardens with ledgy drops and slots. Most of the drops can be boat scouted if you are careful. However, there are a great number of drops where you just can’t see over the horizon line and scouting is a must. After a flood, rocks and wood shift around on this run, so carefully picking your way down is always a must<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, the fun doesn’t last as long as I would like. The run is 7 miles long, 3-1/2 miles being some of the best class IV - V creeking in the area. The rest being one of the longer class II gravel bar infested paddle outs you’ll have to endure.<br /> <br /> The put-in is easy to find, if you know where to look. In Falls Creek Falls State Park, from the Cane Creek Falls Nature Center and Overlook parking lot, hike back up the road to the stop sign, hang a left. Once you cross over the Rockhouse Creek Bridge the Cable Trail is immediately on your left. There’s a large sign, so it’s hard to miss. Take the trail to the bottom of the gorge. The trail drops 70 feet in less than a quarter mile. The park service has placed a steel cable along the cliff to help with our decent. The day my group did it, we set up a 3-rope belay system to get the boats to the bottom. I would not do this run if it’s been icy recently. The trail to the bottom would be treacherous.<br /> <br /> The take out is where Hwy 30 crosses over Cane Creek, near the junction with 285. There is a large parking area on the downstream side of the bridge (on your right if you are coming from Falls Creek Falls State Park.) The gage can be easily seen from the parking area on the river left bridge support on the upstream side.<br /> <br /> There is a suck hole near the take-out that a lot of the water disappears into if the water table isn’t up. The day I ran it, there had been enough rain to fill the aquifers, so this wasn’t an issue. <br /> <br /> Now the fun stats. <br /> <br /> Length: 7 miles<br /> Average FPM: 94<br /> Max FPM: 252 in the first mile<br /> Greatest FPM: 410 in the 1/3 mile stretch below the confluence with Fall Creek.<br /> Mile by mile FPM: 252, 157, 70, 73, 49, 25, 35<br /> <br /> Recently the gravel bars have shifted in the river making the gage read differently, so here’s my take on the levels as of 1/16/04<br /> Low: 2’1” – 2’2&quot;<br /> Medium Low 2’5&quot;<br /> I’m guessing 3’ would probably be high. I personally wouldn’t want to do it much more over 2’9” or 2'10” until I know the run better. Once you add a lot of push in this, thing start to get out of control fast - well, at least for my taste.<br />

1/9/05: 2.5 was a medium level - new gravel bar makes gage read higher (2.7 yesterday looked like 2x the water). If the shoal upstream of the bridge is scrapey, the last miles will be too. No log portages required - remarkable clean. Rangers friendly. Calfkiller was 5.8, collins 3000, Caney Fork 1.7