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Rapid NC Class III+

Magic Carpet Ride

Nantahala - 2.Upper, Route 1310 Bridge to Hwy. 19 (NC)

Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 900.0 – 2,000.0 CFS
Photo
Magic Carpet Ride
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

From the put-in to Magic Carpet Ride, it is "choose your own adventure."  MCR is the first rapid below the put-in.  It offers many options, all of which are viable.  At higher flows, it can be run either right or middle.  The right tends to be meaty and offers a nice boof at the bottom instead of the slide. At lower flows, there is an actual mossy rock slide that you run into the eddy.  After this rapid, you have a wave train into one of the largest rapids on this section, PBJ.

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class III+
Mile Marker
0.1 mi
Directions
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2.Upper, Route 1310 Bridge to Hwy. 19
Nantahala
III+(IV) 3.3 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater