Little Tennessee
NC Route 28 to US Route 19
September 28, 2004
Trip Report
| Reporter | Paul Butler |
FIRST OF ALL RUN THIS IN THE WINTER WHILE THE LAKE IS DOWN AND AFTER IT HAS RAINED. This is a good spot for newbies(especially if starting from needmore. there is a good footbridge out there somewhere it is near the beginning of the lake section. This is where you would want to start if your used to class 2,3 water. There are quiet a few easy and good play spots near there, but the good hole right above the bridge gets shallow real quick right after it.
Once you get into the lake section is where all the good stuff is. It has a couple class 2 rapids that are fun to goof around in, but there is nothing to serious. Then you will round a few corners and see a couple large waves. The first is above the rapid by about 20 ft and it was about 4 feet when we were out. Then into the rapid we hit some 6ft waves that were nice. Then there is a drop that was pretty signifigant the day we went out, but the drop is only on the left side of the river and straight into a crazy hole. The river is channeled all to one side so right near that crazy hole was a huge wave. REMEMBER THIS IS ALL ON A DAY AFTER GOOD RAIN AND THE LAKE WAS DOWN FAR.