Cumberland, Big South Fork
3. Station Camp to Blue Heron, KY (19 miles)
December 13, 2010
Trip Report
| Reporter | Brandon Hughett |
Ran this in long boats on 12/12/2010 at 3,000cfs. It was a great long boat run and level. This level kept all the pools moving and there were more class II shoals than I thought there would be. Devil's Jump's outflow went into a boulder downstream on river right with half the flow being deflected left of the boulder and the other half being deflected into a bad undercut on the right. We put-on at 10:30am, stopped to build a fired and cook lunch at Bear Creek, and took off at Blue Heron at 4:15pm (this included scouting and portaging Devil's Jump). This is a beautiful run with high cliffs along the way. It's perfect for an overnighter in canoes or small boats at low flow, or even better for a one day trip in long boats at 3,000cfs. We paddled a Pyranha Speeder and a Liquidlogic XP10.