Chauga

3: Route 290 /Cassidy Bridge Rd. to Cobbs Bridge Rd.(Chauga Gorge)

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August 9, 2003

Trip Report

ReporterWill Reeves

The trees are gone on the Chauga! The tree above Super Soc M Dog is gone, the tree on river left in undercut below Zoom Flume/Edge of the World/Caller's Choice is gone, the only rapid with a tree blocking the river is a fresh hemlock above one of the small slides below the gorge. There are trees in the right slot between the first slide in the gorge (in the AW description it is called 'Second Slide'?) and Black Hole but the river left line is now open and good to go. The 'short' access point has been improved somewhat in recent years and 4X4 is hardly a needed for access.

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