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Waterfall KY Class V+

The Holding Cell

Cumberland, Martins Fork - Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles) (KY)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
Cumberland River near Harlan, KY Downstream Primary
Runnable: 2,000.0 – 8,000.0 CFS
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
The Holding Cell
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Right below the put in slide, the creek drops down this complex and serious drop.  The entrance consists of fighting to get left up onto a shoulder where one boofs 8-10 feet back into the center into a big cauldron with an overhung hydraulic and boily room.  Keep driving downstream and out over a drop that kicks off a rock and lands in the pool below.  There is a gap between the drop and the rock, so safety and a convicted boof with speed are necessary.  Make this crux move left of center away from the sieve on the right.

Location
Type
Waterfall
Difficulty
Class V+
Mile Marker
0.1 mi
Directions
Navigate
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Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles)
Cumberland, Martins Fork
V 1.7 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater