Drunken Horseman
South Sauty Creek - Intersection of County Roads 43 and 56 to Bucks Pocket (AL)
Gauge Conditions
7.5 - 8.2 USGS = 4 inches or less on the stick at the Pocket.
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Description
After almost a mile of class II/III boogie, you will reach Drunken Horseman. The creek pools up behind some big rocks on river left forming an elevated eddy that allows you to boat scout the main line through Horseman from about 8 foot above and downstream of the rapid!
The entrance move constists of just going left of a boof rock (or boofing the left side of the rock) to avoid an undercut rock that likes to collect wood on the right. From the scouting eddy, it will be the gigantic rock straight across from you. Right lines are certainly doable but are generally avoided.
The runout continues for another 50 yards beyond this.
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (20)
Waterfall
III
Hazard
III
Rapid
III+
Rapid
III+
Hazard
IV
Rapid
III+
Rapid
III+
Rapid
IV
Hazard
IV
Rapid
IV
Hazard
IV
Hazard
III
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
American Whitewater