Saylor to Hyden (up to 28 miles)

This listing is highly tentative, based upon sketchy reports which did not detail put-in or take-out locations. As a result,best put-in and take-out are unknown, and all of what is listed here is highly tentative. We have listed the highest likely/possible put-in to the point where gradient mostly peters out. In general, gradient is steepest early on, and mostly diminishes as the listed reach progresses. While a gauge (with drainage listed as 206 square miles) has been in place at Hyden since 2018, it only provides precipitation and gauge height data (no cfs conversion). In 2022, a gauge was added near Buckhorn (drainage area 421 square miles), but it appears to have just one reading per day. Thus, we remain linked to the gauge at Tallega (drainge area 537 square miles, in place since 1986). Using relative drainage areas, flow at Hyden _might_ be on the order of 0.3836 times the gauge at Tallega. (That gauge will lag considerably both on the rise and fall, but should be reasonable approximation when flows are relatively stable.) Anyone with specific information and experience with any part of this run is encouraged to provide a trip report listing your put-in, take-out, gauge reading (either stage at Hyden, flow at Buckhorn, or ideally both), and evaluation of runnability and difficulty, and nature of rapids encountered. Some detail may be available in the guidebook Canoeing & Kayaking Guide to KY