Island Creek

2. Catoosa Bridge to Emory River

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February 25, 2019

Trip Report

ReporterTeresa Gryder

Ran Island today at 0.4. I would say this is a reasonable minimum, or perhaps unreasonable if you aren't keen on ELF boating. Most rapids are runnable without excessive rock bashing BUT there's a log in the first steep drop of Compound Fracture. The log is diagonal across the channel, extending downstream from the rock to the right of the channel, and crossing the hole at the bottom. Completely invisible from above--very glad that we scouted. The other bad places at low water were the entrance to the Cave (stupid bony), and the last stretch toward the confluence with Clear where the flow splits around an island and then goes past the pilons (brushy).

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