Little Brush Creek
Sequatchie Valley
State Route 8/Hwy 111 Dunlap Tennessee
Gage:I installed a hand painted gauge
years ago. 0" is the optimal level after a
couple of runs after we got it dialed in we
painted the gauge.. 6" is a arse kicker level
.Please be aware of rising water and take your
time to read the gage.
The gage is located on the river right
downstream side
0" is optimal and can be run way lower...WAY
LOWER
6" Is intense
12" Go drink beer.
The put-in old school:
Drive up Hwy 111, once on top of the mountain
take a left onto Harmon Road, follow it out (You
went to far if you hit Hwy 111 again) You will
see a old paved road on the left take-it.
This is the left you will take.....
Drive the road until you hit this dirt
pile...the dirt pile use to not be there. You
are on your own after this.
New School Put-in:
When almost up the mountain, park by a
telephone pole. Once there you will see a dirt
road once you look over the ridge. Be discreet
here. BE DISCREET HERE, and head to the creek as
fast as you can and as quiet as you can.
The take-out:
Use the bridge on hwy 111
This the takeout creek bed...you will be
happy to see it.....................................................................
River Description
If Little Brush has water get ready for a epic
day, the shuttle is short and be glad. Every
time we were in there, gear or people were
broken. Little Brush is almost non-stop and then
in narrows down and it's time to put on your big
boy pants for it gets manky. (Think Lower
Cullasaja meets
Suck Creek) Most of the good ones are blind.
When you come to some road debris that has
fallen in , then it gets really hard, undercuts
are a given and they are world class if ever
seen at low water you probably wouldn't paddle
them...the road run/short shuttle is a anomy
it's a long day and plan for this, many have
paddle it in the dark and on top of that Little
Brush wants to hurt you...this is a tough run.
In the middle of the run you come to a river
wide hole...Welcome to Krispy Kreme, it's been
run head on , and has pulled out shoulders on
two separate occasions.
Most of the run are slots and drops. Scouting
helps here , but for the most part they are
set-up rapids, and visually challenging and
that's the hard part. Mentally this is a tough
run...have I mentioned this is a tough run :)
Then you come to a somewhat drop/ledges that
has a very sticky hole with good water (about 4"
on the gauge) ...this one can be run head
on...but after a long day of being in combat
most sneak it to the right. The first one was
first run by Justin Howard.
The run was run by Ron Stewart on a solo run
, but the run was later cleaned up by Justin
Howard, Todd Gould of Rome Ga. in 1994.
