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Whites Creek (Lower)


Stretch: Possum Trot Rd to Highway 27
Difficulty: Class III (IV at high water)
Distance: 5.5 miles (2.7 before Piney Creek and 2.8 below Piney Creek)
Flows: 1' to 8' on the take-out gauge (7' was very high and likely 10,000 cfs or so at take-out). We had +6' on the put-in gauge.
Gradient: 58 fpm before Piney Creek, 26 fpm after
Put-in: Possum Trot Rd Bridge
Take-out: Under Highway 27 via upstream river left access road
Shuttle: 2.3 miles (10 minutes one-way)
Season: Winter/Spring from rain…
Written: © 2017

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