Toxaway River

The Toxaway is the BOMB. Is Wintergreen Falls the highest drop in the East? New

Forum: BoaterTalk

Date: May 15 2004, 19:59 GMT

From: TonyRobinson

First time down the Toxaway yesterday. Thanks for the show down Ted. The level was at the bottom of the 0 line. Those drops in there are huge and It's the most impressive river I've done in the East, but no one should be in there unless they are rock solid because you could get f**ked up bad with a terrible hike out. We were lucky yesterday. One of our party pitoned in the slot-slide above Energizer and could hardly walk for a while and others had to portage his boat. Then at Wintergreen he hit the left wall near the bottom, barrel rolled the last 30+ verticle feet. He was ejected and landed on his butt on the rocks at the bottom. After another mile of drops we got to the hike out road where he sucked it up and showed what a hardman he was as he hiked the 3 miles up hill out of the canyon in the dark with a sprained ankle, badly busted butt, while carrying his boat and all his gear.