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Hazard SC Class IV

Crack in the Rock

Chattooga - Section 4 - Route 76 Bridge to Tugaloo Lake Boat Ramp (SC)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
Chattooga River near Clayton, GA Upstream Primary
Runnable: 0.9 – 2.5 FT
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Crack in the Rock
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
An Important note about Crack in the Rock rapid.
Crack is one of the few rapids that changes on a regular basis because logs and rocks shift around in the sieve that forms this rapid and can massively change the height of the pool. All of the existing guidebooks in print still recommend right crack as the prefered route. This is no longer the case. A flood back around 1998 blew the original log out of the crack. Since then right crack has become an undercut boulder sieve. Boats and boaters have washed under the logs and rocks in right crack.

Right crack can still be run but look at the drop before a blind run. Left crack has killed numerous swimmers, right crack has had many close calls and one fatality.

Most boaters run thru middle crack. Left crack does get run on occasion, but is usually avoided.

The good news is that the rapid can be portaged on both banks.

Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class IV
Mile Marker
5.1 mi
Directions
Navigate
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Section 4 - Route 76 Bridge to Tugaloo Lake Boat Ramp
Chattooga
II-IV+ 8.4 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater