| Difficulty | V+ |
| Length | 0.8 mi |
| Avg Gradient | 211 fpm |
| Gauge | Davidson River Near Brevard, Nc |
| Flow Rate as of 1 hour | 0.79 ftbelow recommended |
| Reach Info Last Updated | December 17, 2025 |
Access to Triple Falls on the Little River in NC was long forbidden by private corporate ownership. The land was bought by the state in the late 90’s and Dupont State Forest was created. The State Forest managers initially prohibited paddling in the Forest, because of safety concerns. American [...]Read More
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A very steep & stout section of 4 significant waterfalls. High Falls is the biggest & only been ran 4 times by the regions elite level boaters. Triple Falls accounts for the other 3 drops (duh). It is ran successfully these days but occsionally can put a boater on the shelf for a while. Unless you are good enough to run this section it is best just to consider other options in the area.
One significant injury could ruin access for other boaters.
For More info check out: DuPont State Forest Official site.
If you don't want to mess with the big drops on this section you can paddle from the Base of Triple Falls to Hooker Falls
First successfully ran by Ryan McAvoy & Michael Ferraro on April 15th, 2018. Has been ran two other times successfully as well. Unless you know what you are doing just enjoy the beautiful view.
First Drop: Run on left, an autoboof, but don't boof to hard or you might hurt that back
Second Drop: Drive to the right and don't try to hard to get that nose up. Its another hard landing.
Left Line: just drive to the left and bounce, bounce, splash. It is a very real posibility that you could be in for a hard, green water landing if you pull off a big boof so try to drop the knees.
Middle Line: Just start 2 ft to the right of the rooster tail up top and drop down make sure you catch the eddy on the bottom so you don't mistakenly fall over the third drop. You can also go about over to 10 ft to the right of the rooster tail and still be fine, just make sure you dont hit the big rooster tail at the bottom.
Not to be taken lightly but if you line up the untrance right the rock does the work for you
Stay to the right of the feinght rooster tail at the top and this will put you on the right side of the seam. Your gunna wanna be far right enough right that you minimize the drop on your back while not going to far right as instead of melting back into the seam you will lauch. Once you drop keep a good bace and hold on. The seam kinda naturally kicks you out so you only have to worry about staying upright.
Tip lean forward a little bit and let the tip of your bow hit first and then you boat should slide out to flatt to lighten the impact on your back. This is a proper Southeast boating technique and if you lean too far forward it could end with you going over the handlebars.
Apr 3, 2010
damon getting some massive air on the 3rd drop at triple falls