Chauga
3: Route 290 /Cassidy Bridge Rd. to Cobbs Bridge Rd.(Chauga Gorge)
January 1, 1900
Trip Report
| Reporter | Robert Maxwell |
Matt Wood runs the third rapid on the run. (1:Welcome to Chuaga, 2:Super Sock 'em Dog, 3:this slide) Note the log in the foreground. Chauga Gorge collects wood. Scout all drops for wood.
Matt Wood running the lead in boogie water to Edge of the World. In the very distant background you can see Close to the Edge.
At 1 foot, three large holes form below Edge of the World. Here is Milt Aitken running one of them.
Black Hole gets its name from the nasty undercut rock on river left this paddler is trying to avoid.
Marshall Fox running Otter Falls towards the end of the gorge.
David DeHart runs Close To The Edge, the last major rapid before Edge of the World.
Carter Fay does a nice boof on the center line at Riley Moore Falls.
David DeHart has a little fun running the left side of Riley Moore Falls.
Ok, all together now.... WOW!
Carter Fay running one of the many small ledges and slides that finish the gorge
Matt Wood running one of the many ledges and slides that finish the gorge
Matt Wood running, yet another, one of the many small ledges and slides that finish the gorge
The best boof spot is just to the left of the highest point on the drop.
The best boof spot is just to the left of the highest point on the drop. I think Carter Fay found it.
Welcome to Chauga is the first rapid on the run. Amy Conger runs the right side of the rock island.
Welcome to Chauga is the first rapid on the run. Carter Fay runs the left side of the rock island.