Cumberland, Martins Fork

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles)

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January 1, 1900

Trip Report

ReporterKirk Eddlemon

This whole ledge fills out into a beautiful boof.
Undercuts everywhere
Beautiful Place
You can see that the flow is just below the main footer for the bridge here. This was a good low flow.
You can see that the flow is maybe an inch below the main footer. This is a good low flow.
Can't see much here, and unfortunately my camera died here, at a most inopportune time.

This is the main drop of the rapid. With flow this is a big backed up cauldron with back cut lip.
This is the first of three drops. Enter center boofing and working right to the tight exit slot.
drive up and over where Tony is here, staying away from the bad rocks on the right where most of the flow goes.
This is looking back up at drop #2 of the Catacombs
Below this big boof, the creek runs through a narrow bedrock sluice with a big wall on the right before dumping into a quiet pool.
This is the biggie on the run, with a 7 foot boof lead in seen at the top of the picture before going down a 15 foot slot falls. When running the falls is not a slide like in the picture, but the lip extends further out creating a vertical drop. The squirrel water between the two drops is intense.

Trip Report – Cumberland, Martins Fork – Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles) | American Whitewater