Pigeon

0.7 Iron Duff to Fines Creek (Hepco Run)

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February 14, 2025

Earn your Surf - 2250 cfs

ReporterMitchell Bearden
Gauge Reading2250 cfs at PIGEON RIVER NEAR HEPCO, NC
FlowHigh Flow

Great February day on Hepco section of the Pigeon. Post Helene, everything is still great to go at this level. Just expect larger waves and holes. Most everything is very forgiving, even the largest holes.

Plenty of excellent surfing at all of the usual spots. Scout for updated lines at the Dam at the river right eddy just above the drop. You can view the entire rapid sequence from the highest point on the rock that used to be the dam.

Pick any line through the top two drops, but the bottom drop is best run on far right. One larger hole towards the bottom. Left lines are pretty choked with rocks that were deposited in strange ways from Helene.

Earn your Surf - 2250 cfs – Hepco Run | American Whitewater