New

During current temporary dam/flume construction period, you can use the New cfs at Thurmond as the actual Dries gauge. Ran it at 6800 cfs on 9/16/2020, put-in at the bridge. First note, it doesn't look like the power company wants you to park there. COVID concerns? The baddest rapid by far is the rapid a few hundred yards below the bridge put-in, I think the Cotton Hill Bridge Rapid. The 'surf hole' is almost river wide. The far left run is the way to go at 6800 (unless you really want to surf this monster) and even then it looks manky. If you start moving to the far right really early, you can pick your way down the right side or there is a green water break between the big holes that you can see and catch. Me, i hesitated and would up in the hole. It's huge, the width of a two lane road. You won't side surf out, the only way to get out is to spin and then flip. Could be that it is always that simple to get out of but I do wonder if at a different level, that would not work. Very deep hole, looks like a horrible place to swim. 'Mile Long' (aka Super Savage) is squirley, lots of whirlpools and a weird shaped flippy hole at the bottom. Landslide looks scary at this level. Suggest you scout it on the far left side. There is a nice tongue you can run on the left side slot.