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Waterfall NC Class IV

Scream Machine

Green - 2. Big Hungry Creek to Fishtop Access (NC)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
Mud Creek at Secondary Road 1503 near Balfour, NC Upstream Primary
Runnable: ? – ? CFS

Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Scream Machine
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Here begins a sequence of four, iconic slides. If you've walked gorilla, you can lower down to the large river-left shelf to put back in for Scream Machine, the first slide. If you've run gorilla, you'll come screaming out of the flume and into this rapid.

The hole at the bottom is not what it once was, and can now be run just about anywhere. The further left you are, the easier the skip will be, though you will have to ferry if you end up in the left eddy at the bottom. At higher flows, it would be best to run right. Either way, its a classic SE late boof. Easy scout from the portage route on river left.

Location
Type
Waterfall
Difficulty
Class IV
Mile Marker
1.1 mi
Directions
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2. Big Hungry Creek to Fishtop Access
Green
IV-V(V+) 3.0 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater