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Little Eastatoe, SC

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Dirt road off Hwy 11 to Hwy 11 bridge (Sliding Rocks)

Class III-IV
1.5 Miles
Avg Gradient 100 fpm

Eastatoe slide


Eastatoe slide
Photo of Brad Roberts by Will Reeves taken May 2003

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Little Eastatoe
Dirt road off Hwy 11 to Hwy 11 bridge III-IV
low
26
5/17 4:30
[detail]

Min Sug. Level:  300 cfs*

River Description

The Little Eastatoe starts out in a quick pool almost immediately above the first big slide. From here on to the Hwy 11 bridge it plunges over big slides, rushes past undercuts, and finally calms down to resemble the North Fork of the French Broad. The run requires lots of local rain.

Directions:(From somewhere over near Georgia, Salem, or Seneca)
Go North on Hwy 11 until you cross Lake Keowee. About 3 miles past Lake Keowee you will cross over the the Little Eastatoe. That bridge is the takeout. Continue North and East on Hwy 11 about a mile. You will pass a bunch of jeep trails on the south side of Hwy 11. Hop out at the jeep trails and walk down to the big slide to check water levels. To get to the put-in go upstream about another quarter mile to a chained off dirt road. Follow the dirt road down to the river. (Brad Roberts)

There is also the option of putting on at Little Eastatoe rd. This make for a nice warm up, but you do have to paddle about a mile of flatwater and duck under some trees before you get to the good stuff.


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Last Updated: 2006-12-21 07:40:40

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Little Estatoe


Little Estatoe  Little Estatoe SC
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Truck Stop at high water


Truck Stop at high water  Little Estatoe SC
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Green Wave


Green Wave  Little Estatoe SC
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Will @ Second Slide


Will @ Second Slide  Little Eastatoe SC
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Below the 4th rapid


Below the 4th rapid  Little Eastatoe SC
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Wil on the Big Slide


Wil on the Big Slide  Little Eastatoe SC
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Eastatoe slide


Eastatoe slide  Little Eastatoe SC
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One of the rapids below the big slide


One of the rapids below the big slide  Little Eastatoe sc
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Lead in to the big drop


Lead in to the big drop  Little Eastatoe sc
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Gauge Description:

Visual, looking at the slides.
There is a gauge on the nearby Little River, which recieves the same rain storms at the Little Eastatoe. Look for the Little River to be going up with at least 400 or more cfs. Look for about 1.5 inchs of rainfall to get the run going.

Eighteen Mile Ck ab Pendelton [ SC ]

Current Conditions

Stage Flow Updated
2.64 26 5/17 4:30

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Level Legend: Running Below Minimum Recommended Flow Above Maximum Recommended Flow Unknown
Descriptions of reaches with River Name in bold have been verified by a regional StreamTeam member.

State River Name/Section Class Level Rel. Level Updated
SC Brasstown Creek— Brasstown Road to Yonah Lake V+ 26 cfs   low 5/17 4:30
SC Carrick Creek— Green Creek Conf. to Pinnacle Lake III 26 cfs*   low 5/17 4:30
SC Coneross Creek— SC 59 to Coneross Hydro Plant Park II-III(IV) 26 cfs*   low 5/17 4:30
SC Double Branch— US 178 to State Rd 88 III 26 cfs   low 5/17 4:30
SC Eastatoe Creek, Lower Gorge— Mill Creek to Dug Mountain Access II-III(V) 26 cfs*   low 5/17 4:30
SC Eighteenmile Creek— Nettles Park to US 76 I(II) 26 cfs   low 5/17 4:30
SC Little Eastatoe— Dirt road off Hwy 11 to Hwy 11 bridge III-IV 26 cfs*   low 5/17 4:30
SC Oconee Creek— Hwy 11 to Little River II-III 26 cfs*   low 5/17 4:30
SC Sixmile Creek— Jones Mill Rd. to Lake Issaqueena II-III 26 cfs   low 5/17 4:30
SC Snow— Snow Creek Rd. to Lake Hartwell I-III 26 cfs   low 5/17 4:30
SC Todd Creek— Brookbend Rd. to Lake Hartwell IV+ 26 cfs   low 5/17 4:30

Station Description

AW Gauge ID:882
USGS Station:02186699
HUC:03060101
Latitude:34.6589
Longitude:-82.7989
Class:-1

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User Comments
2008-01-10 12:24:13 (127 days ago)
12/30/2007 This is a great short roadside creek with easy access The hole at the bottom of the Green Wave slide is sticky with a very strong recirculating eddy on river right,punch hard through the middle.Then do it again! No wood as of 12/30/2007 Edit
2003-05-11 20:38:30 (1832 days ago)
Brad RobertsDetails
PS. Don't put on this run expecting anything less then class three water - except maybe the pools between the drops.
2003-05-06 17:15:14 (1837 days ago)
Brad RobertsDetails
Nice fun piece of class 4/4+ gnarl. One slide, followed by 3 good rapids. Then the big slide, with the undercuts to be avoided on the left. This is followed by a big pool, then about 8 more rapids down to the hwy 11 bridge. Very cool, but very short. Best way to check levels is walk into the trail to the big slide and see how you feel about the drops. I would call the run similar in difficulty to the NF French Broad, but more fun! The big slide is one of the sweetest rapids I've run in a long time!!
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Rapid Summary

Mile Rapid Name Class Features (Legend)
0.1ChelieIIIWaterfall
0.1Chelie the middle lineIIIPutin Waterfall Photo
0.2Second Slide (Face Crusher)IIIWaterfall Photo
0.3Truck stop from aboveIII+Hazard Photo
0.3Truck StopIII+Hazard Photo
0.3Truck Stop at high water5.0Hazard Waterfall Photo
0.4Green WaveIVAccess Hazard Waterfall Photo
0.4Green WaveIVAccess Waterfall Photo
0.5Boogie WaterIII+Photo
1.1Hwy 11 BridgeIITakeout

Rapid Descriptions

Chelie (Class III, Mile 0.1)
Chelie is a big slide almost at the put in. The slides is big and most of the water splitting between the left channel and the slide down the right bank. The right side slides into trees. Go left or center. (Ignore the photo caption this is a photo of the first rapid not the second!) There is a good pool between this drop and the next rapid.

Chelie the middle line (Class III, Mile 0.1)

The middle line

The middle line
Photo of Eric Paysen by Will Reeves taken 22 May 2003

The line down the middle of the drop can get shallow and sometimes has trees at the base. Scout the base prior to running the rapid.

Second Slide (Face Crusher) (Class III, Mile 0.2)

The REAL second rapid

The REAL second rapid
Photo of Will Reeves by Kevin Miller

Almost immediately after the first slide the river plunges over a ledge. The right side is a small vertical drop but most of the water goes left down the slide. The left is the most commonly run side. 

Truck stop from above (Class III+, Mile 0.3)

Lead in to the big drop

Lead in to the big drop
Photo of Kevin Miller by Will Reeves taken 22 May 2003

Truck Stop is the longest set of ledges and undercuts on the river. It leads almost directly into the big slides. This photo was taken at the last big eddy.

Truck Stop (Class III+, Mile 0.3)

Below the 4th rapid

Below the 4th rapid
Photo of Will Reeves by Brad Roberts taken May 2003

The river begins to plunge over some dangerously undercut ledges and slides. Stay right to avoid the undercuts on river left. The bottom of this drop feeds into the next rapid and the largest single drop on the river.

Truck Stop at high water (Class 5.0, Mile 0.3)

Truck Stop at high water

Truck Stop at high water
Photo of ? by Will Reeves taken 20 March 2003 @ high water

At high water the rapid is essentailly one big drop that links the 3rd, 4th, and 5th rapids into one quarter miles class V thing.

Green Wave (Class IV, Mile 0.4)

Eastatoe slide

Eastatoe slide
Photo of Brad Roberts by Will Reeves taken May 2003

Green Wave is the single largest and probably the most intimidating rapid on the river. Its also the most fun. The creeks plunges down over a long slide into a big hole. The big problem are the huge undercuts along the river left bank where most of the water appears to go.

Green Wave (Class IV, Mile 0.4)

Wil on the Big Slide

Wil on the Big Slide
Photo of Will Reeves by Brad Roberts taken May 2003

This is an alternate view from the top.

Boogie Water (Class III+, Mile 0.5)

One of the rapids below the big slide

One of the rapids below the big slide
Photo of Eric Paysen by Will Reeves taken 22 May 2003

After the big slide there are about 8 more boulder drops before the Hwy 11 bridge.

Hwy 11 Bridge (Class II, Mile 1.1)
The final drop is a small boulder field above the Hwy 11 takeout. Don't go beyond Hwy 11 unless you like 3 or more miles of flatwater on Lake Keeowee.


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