Catawba

Great Falls Short Channel(Great Falls)

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November 30, 2021

Final Trail Layout Day

ReporterKevin Colburn
FlowToo Low

Following several days earlier in the year, this was the day AW pitched our proposed trail layout to the engineers and trailbuilders. This report includes images of the significant modifications underway on the Short Channel Diversion Dam. Workers had shaved off the top several feet of the dam, were tieing the dam into the bedrock with large cables, and were preparing the dam for the instalation of Obermeyer gates that will provide for releases. Because of this work the reservoir was drained, revealing a vast mudflat beneath which are more remnants of the Great Falls.

Final Trail Layout Day – Great Falls | American Whitewater