Chauga

Put in at the Hwy 76 bridge and took out at North Horseshoe bridge. All the rapids were in the park. There's a few class I riffles after the park but that's it. At the put in on Hwy 76 we parked on the west end of the bridge, south side of the road. That land is owned by Chau Ram park. We put our boats in on the north side of the road though. It's extremely steep but doable. At the take out we parked on the southwest end of the bridge, southeast side of the road. It's steep and messy here but it's the best option.  There are posted signs all around the bridge but if you park on the shoulder of the road it's all good. The person that owns the land where I'm talking about parking doesn't live there anyway. The other sides of the bridge have posted signs with houses right beside the bridge. We had no issues but the posted signs didn't inspire confidence. We're considering just taking one vehicle next time and parking in the park and carrying our boats up the river above park entrance rapid and running down through glass rapid and then carrying out.

May 16, 2018: access at Cobb Bridge was totally denied at all four corners, by fences, barbed wire, steep rhododendron hells, and 'posted' signs. The upstream river-left and downstream river-right corners looked most promising, but they were fenced off very obviously and explicitly against us, since no-one but a boater or a fisherman would even think about climbing down there. (I posted this as 'News' in May, '18, but just noticed that it did not appear here, so I posted this copy in Oct. '20.)

Has anyone had any problems putting in on the river left upstream side of the bridge?

The foot bridge is open now.

With the water level low it was a tight squeeze but well worth the log dodging.

There are two logs stuck on the rock in the middle of canopener pointing upstream might be worth a scout.Also the footbridge over the river at the park is closed due to damage caused by the flood when Ivan came thru.It might be open by july according to the park rangers.

Ran river left of the slide and river right of the crack, over the large bolder in the center of the river.
Looking for lost paddle which is alittle hard to find in the dark.
waterlogged

River left of Can-Opener, crack in the rock.

River left line

This is the first drop on the left it is easy. The next drop is a problem.
The bottom of the left line is not wide enough for a boat.

Ok, I think hucking this falls is foolish but it has been done and the creek is essentially part of the Chauram Park.