Washing Machine
Cumberland, Big South Fork - 1. The Confluence to Leatherwood Ford (TN)
Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 400.0 – 5,000.0 CFS
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
Washing Machine is known for it's twisting and sticky action at levels below 1000 cfs. It's a 10ft wide chute that drops into a twisting hole. An alternate route can be cheated on river left over a small ledge. However, this ledge can develop into a nasty hydraulic above 1,500 cfs. At levels above 1000cfs, the sticky hole in the main line disappears and the rapid is simply run from left to right.
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (20)
Rapid
Google Map of Big South Fork
Rapid
The Confluence
Rapid
II+
Confluence Rapid
Hazard
III
Undercut Rock Rapid
Hazard
III
Triple Wave/Boof Rapid
Rapid
II
Big Rock
Waterfall
III+
First Drop of Double Drop
Hazard
III+
Second Drop of Double Drop
Playspot
IV
The Ell
Rapid
III
Oh Sh*t
Hazard
III
Honey Creek Rapid/Kreckels
Rapid
I
Hand of God Rock
Rapid
III+
Rion's Eddy/A*s Kicker
Rapid
III+
Canyon Section
Hazard
III
The Sieve
Hazard
III+
Jake's Ledge Hole
Playspot
III
Canyon Rapid a.k.a. Moonshoot
Rapid
III
Deliverance Rapid
Rapid
III
O&W Rapid
Rapid
Leatherwood Ford Take-Out
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1. The Confluence to Leatherwood Ford
Cumberland, Big South Fork
II-IV
7.1 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
American Whitewater