Alarka Creek
Route 1144 to below Route 1309 Bridge
Class 2-3 • 4.5 Miles
Deep Creek
Bryson City • Class 2
Note: Deep Creek is a popular inner tube float.
Little Tennessee
River
Season: January - April
NC Route 28 to US Route 19
Class 1-3
23 miles
Minimum Suggested Level: 350 cfs
Maximum Suggested Level: 2000 cfs
Nantahala Gorge Season: 7 days a week all months except November and sometimes December
Cascades Season: After a heavy rain.
Section 1
FS Road 327 to 1310 Bridge
Cascades • Class 4-5 • 0.7 Miles
Average Gradient 210 fpm
Section 2
Route 1310 Bridge to Highway 19
Upper Nantahala • Class 3
Average Gradient 100 fpm
Section 3
Power Plant to Wesser
Lower Nantahala • Class 2+-3 • 8 Miles
Average Gradient 36 fpm • Maximum Gradient 63 fpm
Rapids
Patton’s Run • Class 3
River Mile 0.2
Ferebee Park • Class (Picnic Point)
River Mile 3.0
Delebars Rock • Class 2+
River Mile 3.1
Quarry Rapid • Class 2+
River Mile 3.5
Whirlpool • Class 2+
River Mile 4.5
Picnic Rock
River Mile 5.5
Surf Rapid • Class 2
River Mile 5.7
The Bump • Class 2+
River Mile 7.4
Nantahala Falls (Lesser Wesser) • Class 3
River Mile 7.8
The Wave Under the Bridge Take Out • Class 2+
River Mile 7.9
Worser Wesser Past Take Out • Class 5
River Mile 8.0
Raven Fork
Lower Raven Fork
Season: February - April
Job Corps Bridge to Confluence with Oconaluftee
8 miles • Class 2-3(4)
Average Gradient 70 fpm • Maximum Gradient 75 fpm
Minimum Suggested Level: 650 cfs • Maximum Suggested Level: 2000 cfs
Straight Fork
Season: January - April
Round Bottom to Raven Fork
4.6 Miles • Class 3-4
Average Gradient 136
Minimum Suggested Level 100 cfs
Tuskasegee River
Section 5
Whittier to Bryson City
8 miles • Class 1-3
Minimum Suggested Level 1000 cfs
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