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Little Brush Creek
Sequatchie Valley
State Route 8/Hwy 111 Dunlap Tennessee
Water Quality (1 bad 3 good) old strip pit in headwaters Scenery (1 bad 3 good)  partial roadway run
Maps: Watershed Map (to find location and size of creek) Click Here Special thanks to Steve Zerefos for making the map. Topo Map: Click Here A special thanks to Randy Hale of NorthRiverGeographic for the map
Class V.2
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.
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