Linville Gorge

Runnable between 200 and approximately 700 cfs (or 1.4 feet and 2.4 feet on the guage at the take out).  The upper-end is an educated guess;  no one I know has run it higher than 2 feet, and I have shown up and decided to paddle elsewhere when it was running 2.3 feet.  Two feet is the approximate breaking point between a creeky run and a very steep run down an honest to god river with a lot of push.  Keep in mind that the gauge is 16.4 miles downstream of the put-in;  it is an historical record of the flow at the put-in six hours earlier.  Use caution when the level is rising, and expect less water at the put-in than at the take-out when the level is falling.  If driving from a distance, expect the level to drop about 18% in six hours when falling from 700 cfs and about 5% in six hours when falling from the 225 cfs.