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Waterfall GA Class IV+

The Hole below the Falls

Sweetwater Creek - Sweetwater Creek State Park to Chattahoochee River (GA)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Sweetwater Creek near Austell, GA Upstream Primary

Runnable: 1.6 – 8.2 FT

After the Floods of 2009 a new gauge was installed. Min. 2.4 Max. 9.00 are the old flows. The new levels validated with several frequent local paddlers.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Being out of control thru the falls at high flows means you are going into the meat of this beast. There is a tongue around the left, and a sneak on the right.