Pike, N.Br.

A) Carney Rapids/Old County A to Four Foot Falls (0.4 miles)

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July 31, 2011

Trip Report

ReporterRob Smage
Gauge Reading57 cfs at Pike N.Br. at Bull Falls

Shot from near river-level below the drop, this gives pretty good perspective of the overall drop (maybe only about 4-5 feet). At the brink (top) of the drop, frame-right (river-left) you can see planks looking almost like a fence -- I suspect remnants of a diversion/dam from long ago logging operations or something such. In the main part of the drop, timbers flank the water in this low-flow shot. Those timbers have large iron spikes standing vertically (almost perceptible in this photo, more visible in another photo). In the pool at the base of the drop you can see large rocks to frame-right (river-left), and another huge timber angling up out of the pool. (This has been in this location since at least 1980's when I first saw this falls.) At 'runnable flows', these would no doubt be lurking not far below the surface, almost certain to cause trouble to anyone who tried to run the falls (NOT RECOMMENDED!).