Doe

Glad to see such a nice write-up on one of my favorite runs. I have been running it for eight years and still enjoy every trip. In fact, I am getting ready to leave work and run it this evening! My humble opinion is that the Doe Gorge (500-1100 cfs) is a step up from the Lower Little. Try it at 2000 sometime and you will be in for a wild ride! I would take people down the Lower Little that I would not take down the Doe Gorge. I have always put the Doe between the Ledges Section on the Tellico and the Watauga Gorge in terms of difficulty. Just another opinion. Take it for what it is worth. There are a few rapid names in your write-up that we (locals) refer to with different names. What you refer to as 'Escalator', we have always called 'Flagpole'. Also we refer to 'Slot Drop' as 'Toaster Slot'. Thought you might want to know.