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Big Creek, GA

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Highway 28 to Overflow Creek

Class IV-V(V+)
2 Miles
Avg Gradient 200 fpm
Max Gradient 258 fpm

Gauge Information

Big Creek
Highway 28 to Overflow Creek IV-V(V+)
low
2.88
9/6 11:30
[detail]

Min Sug. Level:  4.6 ft

River Description

Big Creek runs 2 miles from Hwy 28 to the Three Forks confluence. There are still 2 more miles of paddling out on Overflow Creek to the take-out.

The final half mile to the confluence drops 214 feet in the half mile for a nearly 430 fpm average.

"The First time Russ Kullmar and I ran this. It had already been run once before by a local C1 paddler back in the late 1970's.
So we tracked him down and asked him... whats it like?
"Great run, but don't take your kayak. It gets in the way in all the portages!"
He was right... great run, and we only walked 1 1/2 drops ("Jesus Christ" and "Holy Shit" - aptly named by our first utterances when we saw them).
Holy Shit is the one that ends in the big fall at the end.
Jesus Christ is the one above it that goes into a bowl... used to have a tree in it.
The names were all very expletive. Rock Bottom, Kullmars Courage, Bruces Sluice, Oh My God, Fuck Me.... I suppose most of these names have changed now." Corran Addison from RBP circa 1997.

There is another named drop called thunderdome.

Corran Addison's page on a Big Creek descent in the late 80's

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Last Updated: 2005-08-15 17:07:05