Cumberland
2) Cumberland Falls to Laurel River (10.5 miles)
April 30, 2007
Trip Report
| Reporter | Tom Partridge |
Myself and two friends paddled the cumberland river this past weekend and learned two things. One, to find the take out you must turn left on 1193 when headed east on 25 to find 1277 and the take out. Secondly, Last Drop is a bit tricky when the river is running at 5000cfs or more. My friend had to wet exit at the top of the rapid and was pushed into the boulder mid stream where he was temporarily pinned then continued to river left of the first big boulder to a second boulder which he was pinned on then sucked underneath giving me the impression that the boulder is undercut. When looking downstream from up above last drop @5000+ cfs, you see a huge boulder where the main river flow hits, to the left of that main boulder its the second boulder over that is undercut. Please use caution when running this rapid!