Skull Shoal Creek

Ran this creek July 4th, 2013 and the level on the Broad River at the GA281 Bridge/Broad River Outpost gage was 5.5 and rising, which does not correlate with the USGS gage level at Carlton. Had enough water for a fun run but bumped in one or two spots. The creek needs to be full to the wetted width, ie, needs to have water in it to the banks on both sides to be runnable without having to get out/scrape, the more water the better. When determining whether or not to run the creek, the level on the Broad is not as important as the amount of rain that it takes to bring up Skull Shoals Creek; we had 3 inches overnight in the area so you have to catch it as its flashing/rising and be aware of strainers and low hanging branches. You also need to be aware that the land is private property on both sides of the creek as well as on the Broad River, so stopping to scout/rest is extremely discouraged. If you can't confidently read/run fast moving class III with few eddies and high potential for strainers, then stay off of this creek. I shared a link to the video shot from that day with AW for reference for water level and what to expect.