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Run: Little Cahaba

Section: Upper

Class: I-II Put-In: Local Rd -

Gradient: ~6.8'/mile Take-Out: CR65 Bulldog Bend

Length: 6.7 Precip. Gages: ?

Shuttle: CR65 / ? Delorme Gazeteer: P 36/37 C5/C6

Water Q: Primary Gage: ?

Links: TOPO MAP Required Level: ?

PICTURES High water upper pix at UA site, more Indicator Gage: ?

TRIP REPORT Required Level: ?

Notes:

The Little Cahaba was the first river I paddled in a canoe. Like many other U of A students we took off with our Styrofoam cooler full of Busch Lite (a story of drunken river rescue technique for another time).

Anyway, I have paddled both the upper and lower sections many times, but not lately. Alabama Canoe Rides and Float Trips, by John Foshee, is accurate on both runs. The upper section can be fun at higher water levels, it has some nice three-foot drops and a couple good shoals. You need more water to run the upper section than the lower. You can really scratch your boat up if you run either section in lower water. There is no gauge that directly applies to either section. - Tom Land

The put-in is where the road comes close to the water near the Cahaba Valley Church. If you take a right fork off Limestone Parkway, after you get off CR65 and follow signs to Limestone Canoe Rentals, you'll get there. An outfitter runs tubing trips and rents canoes on this section ((205) 926-9672). His place is a good takeout above Bulldog Bend. They'll run shuttle for you if you need it.

This run may be suitable for inner tubes and perhaps rafts if there is enough water.

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Run: Little Cahaba

Section: Lower

Class: I Put-In: CR65 Bulldog Bend

Gradient: ~6.9'/mile Take-Out: CR 26 (on Cahaba River)

Length: 8.6 Precip. Gages: ?

Shuttle: CR26 / SR25 / CR65 Delorme Gazeteer: P 36 C5

Water Q: Primary Gage: ?

Links: TOPO MAP Required Level: ?

PICTURES Indicator Gage: ?

TRIP REPORT Required Level: ?

Notes:

The lower section has more shoals, but less larger drops. You can really scratch your boat up if you run either section in lower water. There is no gauge that directly applies to either section. - Tom Land

The put in is at CR65 at Bulldog Bend. The take out is at the Cahaba CR26 bridge at the end of the Hargrove Shoals section.


Run:	Little Cahaba
Section:	Upper

Class:	I-II	Put-In:	Local Rd -
Gradient:	~6.8'/mile	Take-Out:	CR65 Bulldog Bend
Length:	6.7	Precip. Gages:	?
Shuttle:	CR65 / ?	Delorme Gazeteer:	P 36/37 C5/C6
Water Q:		Primary Gage:	?
Links:	TOPO MAP	Required Level:	?
	PICTURES High water upper pix at UA site, more	Indicator Gage:	?
	TRIP REPORT	Required Level:	?
Notes:
The Little Cahaba was the first river I paddled in a canoe. Like many other U of A students we took off with our Styrofoam cooler full of Busch Lite (a story of drunken river rescue technique for another time). Anyway, I have paddled both the upper and lower sections many times, but not lately. Alabama Canoe Rides and Float Trips, by John Foshee, is accurate on both runs. The upper section can be fun at higher water levels, it has some nice three-foot drops and a couple good shoals. You need more water to run the upper section than the lower. You can really scratch your boat up if you run either section in lower water. There is no gauge that directly applies to either section. - Tom Land The put-in is where the road comes close to the water near the Cahaba Valley Church. If you take a right fork off Limestone Parkway, after you get off CR65 and follow signs to Limestone Canoe Rentals, you'll get there. An outfitter runs tubing trips and rents canoes on this section ((205) 926-9672). His place is a good takeout above Bulldog Bend. They'll run shuttle for you if you need it. This run may be suitable for inner tubes and perhaps rafts if there is enough water.

			Send Pictures
Run:	Little Cahaba
Section:	Lower

Class:	I	Put-In:	CR65 Bulldog Bend
Gradient:	~6.9'/mile	Take-Out:	CR 26 (on Cahaba River)
Length:	8.6	Precip. Gages:	?
Shuttle:	CR26 / SR25 / CR65	Delorme Gazeteer:	P 36 C5
Water Q:		Primary Gage:	?
Links:	TOPO MAP	Required Level:	?
	PICTURES	Indicator Gage:	?
	TRIP REPORT	Required Level:	?
Notes:
The lower section has more shoals, but less larger drops. You can really scratch your boat up if you run either section in lower water. There is no gauge that directly applies to either section. - Tom Land The put in is at CR65 at Bulldog Bend. The take out is at the Cahaba CR26 bridge at the end of the Hargrove Shoals section.