Cumberland, Martins Fork - Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles) (KY)
Below the big pool, the stream runs through a little bit of class 3-4 boogie before overhanging walls close in and the bedrock reappears. Get out and scout this one for wood and your line. The creek begins to run down low angle bedrock at high speed through some overhangs. Then a downstream right to left ledge/curl throws right into a bad undercut on the left. Come in late on the left driving right and thread between this and the undercut on the right, then once through, driving left again away from another badly undercut boulder on the right. Then the creek splits, go with the flow on the right down some more fun bedrock. This is a fun but serious section.