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Playspot NC Class III

Nantahala Falls aka Lesser Wesser

Nantahala - 3. Power Plant to Wesser (NC)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Nantahala River near Hewitt, NC Upstream Primary

Runnable: 450.0 – 2,000.0 CFS

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

A long rapid with two bends in it leading up to the falls. There are some easy to avoid holes in the approach, then eddys on both sides of the river. From there the standard route is left to right following the tongue thru the holes.