Cumberland, Big South Fork

I paddled from Station camp on March 7, 2006 to Blue Heron. The flow was around 600cfs while we were on the river. We planned to camp the first night at Big Island, but it was nothing more than something the river had washed through. I expected there to be at least 5 or so miles of flatwater, but was surprised to find 10+ miles of flat water. Some of it had an underlying current that helped a little, but not much. While this proves to be a great over-night, it's not much of an whitewater overnighter. Leave this one to the boy scouts. Devil Shoals was the exception. At that level it was an easy 3-. The only reason I would even give it the 3 rating was because there were some undercuts that might cause a beginner a problem. I could see at higher levels that this might move up into Class 3+ territory. All other rapids, if there were any were forgettable. The second half of the run was very scenic.

The huge 'silo' object that was mentioned in previous comments is a water guaging station at Bear Creek. Next time I'll run the Upper gorge for my over-nighter