Yellow

I notice the water in all of the pictures here is quite brown. Are these pics at flood stage? Does anyone know the level that they were taken at; as they all seem from about the same time?

yes the pic were taking @ flood time around like 3000 CFS i think. When i kayaked this in 1600 CFS the water was completely red/brown.

Is there really a class V+ rapid.

This is the dam that I consider a mandatory portage
although it is only 12 feet high, the landing is very
shallow.
Put in here after portaging the dam on river right.
Don't dawdle as the police have ok'd a quick
portage, so don't abuse it. Run this rapid right of
center and avoid the island at the bottom

This is a view from the last rapid on the Cedar
Shoals run on the Yellow River below Porterdale,
GA. There is some nice surfing there at higher
water. Take out on river left at the parking area.
This is a picture of the dam which you need to
portage on river right.
This is the first rapid, put in on river right and run
down the middle. At high water a left channel
opens up.
After working through some boulders, enjoy the
surfing wave at the right levels.

This is a view from the river right side that you
would see from the road to help you identify the
run. You actually need to put in above the bridge,
then float the 100 yards or so near to the dam to
take out to portage. Do not carry all your gear
from your vehicle to put in below the dam as this
would be frowned upon by the police. They have
given us permission to quickly portage the dam on
the private property if we don't abuse it.

Ok, finally got to run this section. We

ran at about 340 cfs and is was still too

low. I would think about 500+ would

be more realistic. No problems from

the police or residents about portaging

the dam on river right.

At very high water levels, it appears that

several undercut rocks would come in

to play and you might want to avoid the

big (house sized) rock on river right at

the end of the run as it is undercut and

the current might flow that direction.

Viewed river at 240 cfs. Did look like it was close to a minimum level.

At this level, the big rock in the middle of the river below the dam looked like at higher levels it would be slightly undercut on the left side.

Will

I went by the Porterdale run recently and asked the police about their policy for access to the run.

I was told that the purpose of the keep out signs on river right was to keep people from loitering on that area. I asked and was told it was ok to put in above the bridge on river right, take out to portage the dam and put back in below the dam. They said 'just don't take an hour and keep your contact as minimal as possible'.

I would strongly suggest anyone considering this actually stop either at the Porterdale police station in the center of town to ask or track down the officer on duty and let them know what you intend to do.

If you think you want to run, call me at 770-560-3600, cause I'm about 10 minutes away from the run.

Will