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Hazard TN Class III+

Second Drop of Double Drop

Cumberland, Big South Fork - 1. The Confluence to Leatherwood Ford (TN)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
South Fork Cumberland River at Leatherwood Ford, TN Downstream Primary
Runnable: 400.0 – 5,000.0 CFS
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Second Drop of Double Drop
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

You must paddle aggresively at levels below 1000 cfs due to a pin rock that sits about two feet of the right bank. The second drop will surf you into the rock where water will pile up on your stern. Then, you are jambed into the crack stern down. Several paddlers have gotten pinned vertically in this spot.

 

 


 

Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class III+
Mile Marker
0.8 mi
Directions
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1. The Confluence to Leatherwood Ford
Cumberland, Big South Fork
II-IV 7.1 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater