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Rapid TN Class V

Hydro

Watauga - 5. Guys Ford Bridge to AW Sherwood Horine Access (TN)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Watauga River near Sugar Grove, NC Upstream Primary

Runnable: 150.0 – 650.0 CFS

Low-boatable.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Hydro is a complex rapid full of sticky spots, funky water, and broachy rocks that culminates with a drop into a whopper of a hole. Scout or easy portage on river left. If you portage, beware that the river left eddy at the bottom strongly recirculates into the hole so paddle like you mean it.