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GREEN RIVER DRIES? I caught it three times this year! New

Forum: BoaterTalk

Re: Looking for information on the Green (NC) from the Dam to the Powerhouse by ReformSchooler Jul 09 2003, 18:34 GMT New

Date: Jul 10 2003, 1:59 GMT

From: slave2h2o

EXCELLENT RUN!!! If you missed it, than you really MISSED IT. Don't miss it again. There IS a lot of crap in there.(i.e. trees, pieces of dock, telephone poles, steel cable, a port-o-jon) But it was easy enough to avoid on our first run. The lake level on the first day was 100.6 and had around 6' of water pouring over the dam. The water at the slides below the bridge, where channeled to one side of the creek. The run was sweet, but the level was a bit low. Powerhouse Falls was too shallow to run, but still a good day

Next time we ran the Green River Dries. Some friends called, the lake was at 100.9, and there was almost 1ft of water pouring over the dam. It was raining, and the lake was rising. By the time we arrived, the run was pumping. The slides where river wide with huge intimidating holes. We decided to make a go, but opted to put in below the slides this time. Before we could complete the run, the river was flooding. It proved to be too much, too fast, with too much junk in there. We bailed after two people pinned together in some trees in the center of the river. When we took off the lake levels where 101.2 and there was closer to 1.5ft of water pouring over the dam. Later, we talked to some folks who live on Lake Summit. They said the water was higher than they had ever seen it. Their dock was under water.

The last time I ran the Green Dries, the lake was at 100.8 and dropping, with around 9'/10' of water pouring over the dam. This was just right. It would be nice to clean out some of the debris though. That was the only thing that was sketch.

Peace,

WILL