Piney River
Wash-Pelfrey Road to Spring City(Wash-Pelfrey Road to Spring City<br>Alternate putin on Mossican Cr, unmarked log)
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On April 27, 2011 a tornado ripped through Spring City, TN and up the Piney River valley. It crossed the the Piney about a dozen times. Don Ellis led us down on April 29. At the time we had no way of knowing the tornado had gone up the river. Above Moccasin Creek (the top 2 miles) there were 2 MAJOR log jambs. The second was the worst with a thick matting of trees a couple feet deep and 100 yards long laying over the Piney! From Moccasin Creek down, there was only one more river wide strainer consisting of a few trees.
Consider everything above Moccasin unboatable. Everything below Moccasin will likely become unboatable as the stuff upstream breaks up and washes down.
The level was 2.5 feet.
2.5 feet was a real treat. It could probably be run a little lower, but you'd knuckle a couple of spots.
