Harlan County Two Step

Report

Account This whole ledge fills out into a beautiful boof. Undercuts everywhere Beautiful Place You can see that the flow is just below the main footer for the bridge here. This was a good low flow. You can see that the flow is maybe an inch below the main footer. This is a good low flow. Can't see much here, and unfortunately my camera died here, at a most inopportune time. This is the main drop of the rapid. With flow this is a big backed up cauldron with back cut lip. This is the first of three drops. Enter center boofing and working right to the tight exit slot. drive up and over where Tony is here, staying away from the bad rocks on the right where most of the flow goes. This is looking back up at drop #2 of the Catacombs Below this big boof, the creek runs through a narrow bedrock sluice with a big wall on the right before dumping into a quiet pool. This is the biggie on the run, with a 7 foot boof lead in seen at the top of the picture before going down a 15 foot slot falls. When running the falls is not a slide like in the picture, but the lip extends further out creating a vertical drop. The squirrel water between the two drops is intense.
Reporter
Author of report
Kirk Eddlemon
Knoxville, TN
Details
River
Cumberland, Martins Fork [KY]
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles) V
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01h01m
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Big Boof

Detail Trip Report  Big Boof  @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(434.06KB .jpeg)

Meat of Unforgiven

Detail Trip Report  Meat of Unforgiven  @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(466.17KB .jpeg)

Top of Unforgiven

Detail Trip Report  Top of Unforgiven  @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(470.96KB .jpeg)

Gauge Bridge 1

Detail Trip Report  Gauge Bridge 1  @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(2.22MB .jpeg)

Close up of Bridge Footer

Detail Trip Report  Close up of Bridge Footer  @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(1.19MB .jpeg)

Put in with good low flow

Detail Trip Report  Put in with good low flow  @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(2.11MB .jpeg)

Put in slide

Detail Trip Report  Put in slide   @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(1.66MB .jpeg)

Holding Cell

Detail Trip Report  Holding Cell  @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(1.61MB .jpeg)

Catacombs drop 1

Detail Trip Report  Catacombs drop 1  @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(1.53MB .jpeg)

Catacombs 2

Detail Trip Report  Catacombs 2  @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(1.92MB .jpeg)

looking back up at Catacombs drop 2

Detail Trip Report  looking back up at Catacombs drop 2  @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(1.57MB .jpeg)

Drop 3 of the Catacombs

Detail Trip Report  Drop 3 of the Catacombs  @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(1.73MB .jpeg)

Harlan County Two Step

Detail Trip Report  Harlan County Two Step  @Cumberland, Martins Fork Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to route 987 (1.6 miles), KY(1.77MB .jpeg)


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