Warwoman Creek

We ran Warwoman between 2.5-3' on the USGS gauge and I got to say this is a fun run. We were excepting a so-so Class II run but got much more than we excepted. Mattress & Pinball and this one unnamed rapid between them where the water folds over itself were pretty big and a lot more challenging than we thought.....I'd give them a solid Class III at that level.

The only down side to this run is ALL the deadfall on the creek and the long stretches of flatwater but a great run if you are not really feeling Sec3 or 4 at 2.5-3' or just want to try something different.

There is a new paddler's gage for Warwoman Creek at the put-in bridge. Its on the river left downstream side of the bridge. Its easily seen from the put-in.

This was definitly an elf run but everything was runnable except Mattress

We ran Warwoman three weeks ago when the Chattooga was at 2.3. The bottom of Pinball was completly blocked with a pine tree. You could not see the tree unless you bank scout it. If you do choose to run the left shoot you will find yourself with a pine tree just above the deck of your boat. There is a very small chute on far river right that can be run. There was also a lot of new wood in the river.

7/23/2005 My son & I ran Warwoman at 2.68 feet from the last bridge down to Warwoman Ford, about 2.78 miles by GPS in canoes with floatation. Wow, That was fun. Mattress is great! We enjoyed the challange and the intro to Creekin'. But, Beware! There are significant strainers and deadfalls. None required that we leave the creek and only one was not passable without a momentary exit. Pins are a constant threat at the strainers and caution is required as you approach from upstream in the bigger water.

The listings here accurately represent the difficulty though I agree with one submitter that Mattress is nearly a IV: it is really several rapids that constitute an 11 foot drop overall with ample oppurtunites to pin and swim! Rescue is hindered by the steep banks, the lack of pools, inability of others to get to you, the canoeist must have mastered very complex eddie-ins, eddie-outs and ferries to safely complete...MORE than a III+ in my book. We got wet more than once but usually as we eaked-out all of the good from each rapid! It took us four hours in the water and was rather tiring. But, we are not as accomplished as some. The hike is listed as two miles in the shuttle but it is an easy 2 miles. This creek is highly recommended and very fun at this level.

Hey, ya think upper tallulah would be a better gauge for this one?? Similar sized drainage.

We ran this 9/26/03 at 2.0. There were about 6 trees that we had to get over and most could be gotten over without leaving the boat. This was a very fun run with little flat water and beautiful scenery. There are a lot of no name rapids on this. At mattress you can scout on river right. The slide on the right seems to pull you back to the left and it pulled patio straight into a pin above the lower rock. It was a 15 minute struggle to free the boat. I would run the slide as far to the right as possible (flow will limit how far). The picture of Will R. is to the left of the slide. Also when you get to a rapid that breaks right and left and is jambed with big trees (not sure if it has a name). Patio got his boat pinned again on the left side. You could not run the right but if you run the left side it seems to want to pull you towards the tree as you get close to it so watch out. But this was a great run and I will run it again.