Abrams Creek

I emphatically second Trey's observation: we ran it in May, '19, when the Townsend gauge read 2.9', and it would be a crime to take a Class II boater on this stretch. For the first half of the run it was a genuine Class II, but the second half contained several moderately technical rapids that were nearly as difficult as the totality of Nantahala Falls and every bit as difficult as the crux Falls drop itself, the benchmark Class III rapid. At our level we didn't see the wave-train rapids Trey saw; everything was moderately technical rock-slalom. There is no place to take off once the pace picks up except by bushwhacking 1/4 to 1/2 mile through National Park and private land to Happy Valley Road. I don't see how anyone can rate this creek at less than Class III-minus at the level we ran it.