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Please check out the Wood Report/River Level section. Titled:
River Levels
Mank into the pool above slow and low Suck. Paul Hubbard by Robert Smith
Chris Crisler on Suck Creek and Bear Creek
Just 15 minutes from downtown Chattanooga and you are at the take out for Suck Creek.
Since the run is just under 2 miles most Chattanooga locals do laps on this stretch. Andy Dodson completed 10 runs in 1 day, capping it off with a run of Knuckle Head, in the Spring of 2004. The put-in is at the confluence of North and South Suck. If the water is high you may want to consider running South Suck as well. It joins in from the river right side at the confluence. Don't waste your time on North Suck, there's nothing up there worth lugging a boat to run.
Rapid Slow-n-Low Paddler Andy Dobson photo by Brent Meadows
Rocks are pretty jagged in Suck since there was a lot of blasting while constructing the road. Some drops have concrete debris, chain link fencing, and plenty of other trash dumped from people to busy to go to the dump.
Screen shot taken from the video Local Hero . Screen shot courtesy of SteepCreeks.com
Rapid : Road Construction Photo by Kat Levitt
Streambed formation is in flux; the rapids change more often than Madonna changes her image. You may want a local to take you down if you have not been down or if it's been a while. This run has serious consequences in otherwise innocent looking spots.
Rapids Include:
Optimus Prime- At one time the best on the river.
Screen shot taken from the video Local Hero . Screen shot courtesy of SteepCreeks.com
Road Construction (currently a rock in the entrance, most people going left of it; or use the river right line if there is enough water, the sieve seems to be filled in but exercise extreme caution after floods)
Slow and Low
Pinnacle
Sheit Bird Alley
Velcro Zipper
Knuckle Head
beyond Thunderdome
Here is a picture of David Levitt on Launching off Pinnacle
Photo by Kat Levitt Click on the picture to see David and Kat's Blog
Jeff West Nailing the line at Pinnacle
Photo by Kat Levitt
Jeff West running Knucklehead
Photo by Kat Levitt
Here is some helmet cam footage from Paul Hubbard : )
Here is some of Will Pruitt's footage of a good first time level.
***Warning label***
Whitewater
paddling is VERY Dangerous, and you should get
instruction before ever attempting even to paddle
flatwater. One of contributors to this web site
has personally helped bury 3 kayaking friends, this
isn't a joke. Whitewater paddling can ruin your
life through accidents and can effect your family
and friends throughout a lifetime.
The
information on this page is incomplete,
inaccurate, and very unreliable. Use
with caution. Whitewater paddling is a
dangerous sport and the information here is not a
substitute for actual knowledge and skill.
The authors are not liable for your actions. Go
ahead and kill yourself if you want to, but don't
blame others for you actions and decisions that you
will make on and off the river.
***Warning
label***
Our hemlocks
are dying on the ridge due to the woolly adelgid
infestation. You can find out more at the Save
Our Hemlocks website:
http://www.saveourhemlocks.org/
