Amicalola Creek

MULTIPLE RIVER WIDE STRAINERS!!!! My friend and I attempted to float the lower Amicola river from Hwy 53 to Kelleys bridge. Along the way we discovered huge trees that were knocked down from the recent tornado activity causing huge river wide strainers. Luckily for my friend and I, the river was very low and considered BARELY runnable. If there is any real flow, then this will propose a huge safety hazard. They are located around mile 5 or 6 from the put in. Luckily all the fun rapids are way before this so use the alternate take out at 3.5 miles in. Also, floating this river when it's low is a huge mistake. It took me 8 hours to get down it and that included a lot of dragging my boat over rock beds and rapids that were to low to run. We got caught in the dark and had to camp out. Not fun. Thanks for reading.

As of 3-12-11 the big log at the top of EOTW that you use to be able to paddle around has moved downstream 10 feet and is now sideways after the flood on 3-9-11. It is totally blocking the main line on the far left, and part of the sneak line to the boof in the middle. Serious consequences could occur. Please be safe.

There is a pine log blocking the left entrance line to the edge of the world.Its been there a couple of months now and doesn't look like it will be moving anytime soon. We portaged to the first drop and re-entered there.

The tree that was across the river about a mile before the Etawah is now a log jam. We got out on river left and carried down to a side creek to put in again.

There's a tree down across the river just before the first drop from six mile put-in(about 15-20 minutes down stream). At 1 foot we were able to bump over with little effort, but much lower level could prove to be problematic.

There is a big log in the bottom left of Edge of the World blocking the lower left/high water line. Hopefully will be washed out by the next flood, but is currently in a bad spot. Right side is clear. Hope this helps.

9-21-09 River went over 5-feet today and washed the bad log out of Edge of the World. There is another bigger tree at the ledge below the main drops (high water line), hopefully will be gone after this flood but may end up downstream at 3-chutes.