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Rapid GA Class IV

Big Island Rapid, aka Last Ruin Rapid

Sweetwater Creek - Sweetwater Creek State Park to Chattahoochee River (GA)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Sweetwater Creek near Austell, GA Upstream Primary

Runnable: 1.6 – 8.2 FT

After the Floods of 2009 a new gauge was installed. Min. 2.4 Max. 9.00 are the old flows. The new levels validated with several frequent local paddlers.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

More open on the left, but with some big holes. The right side of the island has some cool routes, but usually has some badly placed wood in it. Look before you leap. At the bottom left of the rapid are more old Civil War era ruins.