Oconaluftee

The run was clear of dangerous wood. The only potential problem was a decent sized tree parallel to the current, in the center of the river, under the Job Corps bridge. It has moved over the last week or so. Watch for it, in case if becomes a river wide. issue. Other than that, only a few trees on the edges, but easy to avoid. The level was about 1700 cfs.

No wood obvious from the road today. Running about 2000 cfs. Looked good.

I paddled this several times in March 2018 and the run is pretty clear of trees, with no riverwide unavoidable strainers. 1000 cfs is a good minimum fun level. 1500 cfs is a nice fun level. We watchful when the river splits into two channels, one is often more woody than the other.

As of 11/13/18, this tree is gone.

Paddled this twice in April/May 2010. I would say 1,000cfs is the minimum, 1,400-1,500 is ideal. There were a few strainers during this time but they were very easy to avoid.

The acess issue must be lifted and would only apply to specific parts of the river. Part of this run is owned by the NPS, part of the run is owned by the Tow Line Road Community, and finally the last few miles are owned by the Cherokee Indians. The river sees hundreds of commercial and semi-commercail trips from local rent a rafters and tubers all summer.

Last checked there were some access issues with this run.