| Difficulty | V |
| Length | 4.2 mi |
| Avg Gradient | 160 fpm |
| Reach Info Last Updated | April 14, 2024 |
To get to the put-in, take Retro-Hughes Road up Bakewell Mountain. About 8 miles up, notice a gated road on the left. Bowater owns the land and leases it out. The individual with the lease sublets it out to hunters. Access is a problem right now, as of 2004. Chattanooga creekers have worked around the problem and have their names on the lease and have keys to the gate. Please try and contact one of them before accessing this put-in (Ben Friberg, Ryan Allen, Todd G., Ted Hayes, Bryce Evans, Brent Meadows, or Ron Stewart
If the creek is flowing over the bridge, then hold on tight! However, most of the time it isn't, so don't worry. Enjoy class II bedrock for a good 1/2 mile. The first drop is a 15 foot 45degree angle slide. Soon, another larger slide comes into play. It's about 25 feet high at a 45 degree angle. After this big slide is a rapid on river right where you should proceed with caution. It has a nasty undercut and a troublesome curler to negotiate. I believe this is referred to as 'Elvis's Truckstop.' Several people have posted below about this one. No one has died at this rapid.
Soon, you get to the all the famous Little Possum rapids. When you see an obvious horizon line, it's probably Immodium Falls. Scout on river left or right, portage on river left. Immodium is somewhere around 25', maybe more, maybe less. Center right is the usual line, running off the flake. Far right is another route where you stay in contact with the bedrock a tad-bit longer. Just don't run far left, lands on a big boulder. After Immodium Falls, two channels exist for 25 yards. Take the river right channel.
After this, enjoy several pretty fast slides and good class IV+ for a little while. A noticable right turn will lead you into a rapid that I don't know the name of. However, I can try to describe it. Most of the water is on river right and it seems to be your everyday 8 foot ledge. Think again! A turtle shaped boulder sits below stretching almost halfway aco
...Apr 4, 2009
As of12/11/09 there are still lots of downed trees in the runout after Whiteout.. where the creek splits both have river wide strainers. must portage
Also the gauge on the railroad bridge downstream river right of the road bridge has lost its luster and is no longer readable.. there is a readable gage on river left bridge abuttment.
Dec 27, 2004
The rapid in the warm-up section that cuts back hard right has a log going across it right now. Portage on right. Everything else was clean. Lots of people have been pitoning on the river right side in White Out also, not sure if something has moved in there in the last year or so.
Nov 4, 2003
From Ted Hayes:
Harry, Andy, & I cleaned all of the new wood out Sunday. There was a lot from the flood in May, mainly below Whiteout. There is a log at the entrance to Double Crop that shouldn't be an issue, except maybe at high water if you are on your knees. It's about 5'-6' above the bedrock.
The most impressive thing that I saw was that Teeth Puller is as clean as you could possibly hope for. The bad news is the trees are totally gone @ Holy Cross, as is the island at the entrance. The entrance at Elvis' Truckstop has also changed a little. Leaving Immodium, there is a line on the left now. There are a lot of changes in the boulder garden section, including one that is partially sieved out. It may not be that bad, but it's hard to tell without much water.
Ted