Route 231 to Route 113Class II(III)
6 Miles
North Tyger River
North Tyger River Photo of North Tyger River by Dave Mullis Gauge Information
Tyger, North
Route 231 to Route 113 II(III)
River DescriptionTake Exit 35 (Woodruff & Walnut Grove) from I-26. This exit is between Clinton and Spartanburg. This will put you on the S J Workman Highway (Highway 50). Turn whichever direction and go to the CitGo station. From the main sign at the CitGo station, head West toward Woodruff along the S J Workman Highway. Go 0.2 miles and turn right on Price House Road (Highway 86) (the turn is just past the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses). At 1.5 miles, you will cross Ferguson Creek that feeds into the South Tyger which can be seen to the right. At 2.7 miles, you will cross the South Tyger at Price Bridge. At 3.1 miles, you will reach a stop sign at the intersection with Hobbysville Road (SC Road # S42-229). Turn right. Continue down Hobbysville Road. At 0.7 miles, bear left onto Morris Bridge Road (South Carolina Road # S 42-231). At 0.9 miles from stop sign at the intersection with Hobbysville Road you will cross I-20 and at 1.1 miles you will reach the put-in. We always park on the left in the inside of the curve before you reach the river. Go 1.1 miles from the North Tyger put-in until you reach Hatchett Road. Turn right on Hatchett Road and go 2.3 miles until you reach Walnut Grove Road (S 42-50). Turn right and go .8 miles until Old Hlls Bridge Road.* After about 1 mile, go right following Road 113. The take out is another 2.1 miles. * If you continue on Walnut Grove Road for 2.4 miles, you will cross the Tyger (34.7551N, 81.9274W) This is below the intersection of the South Tyger (See AWA Reach Number 1710) and the North Tyger (34.7593N, 81.9323W) and the name of the river changes. You can see a lot of the rapids here. There are also very visible and unfriendly no trespassing signs. I have not ever put in or taken out here because to do so will cause you to miss a lot of the whitewater. There appears to be access at the bridge, but I do not its ownership status.
Two sites to post a planned trip on or to request information are Carolina Paddlers Assembly and Upstate Paddling. You will have to join these groups to post but they are open to the public. You may pick up some local paddlers as well as the North Tyger is a popular local reach when it is running. You may also want to check the Palmetto Paddlers and their Scheduled Trips to see if anything is planned. There are additional photos of the North Tyger in the Palmetto Paddlers photo album at Carolina Paddlers Assembly.
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Last Updated: 2002-03-17 21:37:35
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This is a flashy watershed and the Delta Gauge often does not accurately reflect the levels of the North Tyger. The Delta Gauge can be generally helpful. You normally want at least 550-600 cfs on the Delta Gauge. The problem is the gauge is approximately 35 miles or so down stream and the water flows out of the basin pretty fast. If the level is in the 1000-1500 cfs range, the level should be real good on the whitewater section.
There is a gauge painted on the upstream side of the bridge piling at the put-in, on the I-26 side of the North Tyger. Absolute minimum is about -11". At that level the rapids are all runnable, but the choices of routes are limited. The flats require some real looking ahead for sandbars at that low level. Levels between -8 and about 0" are good low level runs. There is plenty of water. Between 0" and 1' are moderate levels on the river. Over about 1' the river starts really running. I have no information about running the river over about 1'. It is probably runnable at that level and some higher.
If you are not familiar with the North Tyger, I suggest soliciting local information. For current information about river levels, email Jim Spears who has graciously agreed to be a local contact. Local rainfall is critical. Two sites to post a planned trip on or to request information are Carolina Paddlers Assembly and Upstate Paddling. You will have to join these groups to post but they are open to the public. You may pick up some local paddlers as well as the North Tyger is a popular local reach when it is running.
Tyger River nr Delta, SC [ SC ] |
Current Conditions
Station Graphs |
| Level Legend: | Running | Below Minimum Recommended Flow | Above Maximum Recommended Flow | Unknown |
| State | River Name/Section | Class | Level | Rel. Level | Updated | |
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| SC | Jimmies Creek— I-26 to Tyger River | I-III | 53 cfs | low | 7/25 18:00 | |
| SC | Tyger— Route 35 Bridge to SC Route 34 on Broad | I-II | 53 cfs | low | 7/25 18:00 | |
| SC | Tyger, North— Route 231 to Route 113 | II(III) | 53 cfs | low | 7/25 18:00 | |
| SC | Tyger, North— Route 231 to S.Tyger River | II-III | 2.83 ft | 7/25 18:00 | ||
| SC | Tyger, South— Berrys Mill Pond (SC Route 82) to SC Route 417 | II(III) | 53 cfs* | low | 7/25 18:00 | |
| SC | Tyger, South— Route 86 to Route 113 | II-III | 2.83 ft | 7/25 18:00 |
| AW Gauge ID: | 821 |
| USGS Station: | 02160105 |
| HUC: | 03050107 |
| Latitude: | 34.5353 |
| Longitude: | -81.5483 |
| Class: | -1 |
No guide books for this stream. If you know of a book that describes this stream please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. User Comments |
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2005-07-09 11:16:36 (1112 days ago)
Jim Spears
The Tyger is a step up from the Lower Green in that the rapids are larger and require more manuvering, although there are fewer rapids. The gradiant of the Tyger is only about 10 feet per mile compared with around 20' per mile on the lower Green. The Tyger is a Piedmont River and is similar to sections of the Middle and South Saluda in Greenville County as to the rapids and gradient. There is alot of flat water between the rapids so you get a good workout as well. The Tyger normally runs from around Thanksgiving until late May or early June. In good wet summers you can have some fun high water runs in hot weather. The online gauge on the AW site is for the Tyger in Union County some 25+ miles below the whitewater section of the river. IF there has not been a rain in a 3-4 days you can use it to gauge the level in the whitewater section or at least to have a decent idea of the level. The following figures are an estimate or correlation between the painted gauge on the put-in bridge and the online gauge:<br />
600 cfs = -6"<br />
700 cfs = -5<br />
800 cfs = -4<br />
900 cfs = -3<br />
1000 cfs= -2<br />
1100 cfs= -1<br />
1200 cfs= 0 <br />
1300 cfs= +1"<br />
and so on.
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2003-05-12 17:15:23 (1901 days ago)
will reeves
There is another North Tyger run listed on the AW page. Do not try to run it and plan to get out at the South Tyger confluence unless you are into epic marathon hikes with your boat.
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2003-03-03 17:40:34 (1971 days ago)
Thomas Smith
Hey,
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Ran it at close to 2 feet at the put in (guage).
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This gave me a whole new way of thinking about what "normally" is a "flat water run with some shoals".
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We hiked up where the south Tyger comes in to have lunch at what I would describe as a class 5 hole. There was about a 2 foot shoot on river right with a really big hole on the left. I would guess the river drops 20 feet in about 20 yards, and don't forget all that water comming over and slamming into some big rocks. After lunch I experienced one of those rides that you look back in retrospect and wish you had another chance to try it again but you know that you lived through it the first time and you had better not tempt fate. I here by name this rapid "rebar ledge". If you paddled this run you know it as the ledge just below the first bridge, ya' know the one with the rebar sticking out of it.
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It was my luck day the water was so high that there was no sign of the rebar just this great big recirculating ledge hole for which I landed right in the meanest part of. Thats right! I used the word MEAN and Tyger river in the same story. It was one of those situations that you only can experience once you crest the ledge. At this point you realize that there was a mistake made somewhere.
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It was tricky hole, I thought that I had "punched" it, but during my celebration (at least to myself) I found that I was digging as hard as I could, for what seemed to me for about 5 minutes, with no success. I (you guessed it) got sucked back in to the hole where the only option was to side surf. Luckily the group behind me could see the top edge of my paddle as I was braceing for life. So being wise and, I must say a great group of people, decided that another route might be advisable at this point.
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I am not sure of my ability to depict all of the events that occurred from that point forward but let me tell you that this kayaker turned swimmer will take greater consideration in planning the next high water Tyger river trip.
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I realize that I did focus mainly on my one unfortunate incident, but I must tell you that it was a great trip.
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2003-01-13 15:32:34 (2020 days ago)
Jeff Tallman
I estimate this stretch is about 7.5 river miles. Nearly 6 miles of it is moving flatwater, the whitewater is kind of grouped into long shoals. Great section for beginners at low to medium levels. There is usually a recreational race/float on this run around April. It is coordinated by the Spartanburg, SC dept of Parks & Recreation.
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