Swannanoa
Charles D. Owen Park to Azalea Rd
March 26, 2024
After Work Sesh
| Reporter | Tristen Utic |
| Gauge Reading | 157 cfs at SWANNANOA RIVER AT BILTMORE, NC |
| Flow | Low Flow |
Due to the low flow (157 CFS) we put-in at the spot off Old Farm School Rd near Bull Creek (35.608096, -82.459028). The parking area is small and super messed up, med-high clearance or careful maneuvering required.
The flow was quite low and we scraped rocks and hit some low spots but nothing was impassable. I was in an two person kayak and my friends in a Canoe. Had to portage one river wide tree.
Made the run clean except the canoe capsized at one of the last rapids that flowed straight into downed tree root-ball/strainer. They managed to pull off to the side and dump the water out of the canoe to finish up.
Took out at the bridge in front of the Anchor Steam Power complex, there's a small parking/pull off east of the bridge (35.580943, -82.473157).