Printer Friendly Big Brush Creek

Big Brush Creek


Stretch: Bowater Rd to Old Union Rd
Difficulty: Class IV to V
Distance: 8.3 miles
Flows: ~1.25 to ~2.5' on the take-out gauge. 2.05 dropping to 1.75 was basically an optimum flow. Look for +1" of rain in past 24 hrs. (Note, some friends tried to run it at 1' but got to put in and declared it too scrappy, too low)
Gradient: 102 fpm average from mile 2.1 to 7.5, max of 177 fpm from miles 4.3 to 5.8
Put-in: Access at bridge on Bowater Rd
Take-out: Bridge on Old Union Rd
Shuttle: 13.4 miles, (20 minutes one-way, some good dirt road)
Season: Fall to Spring, Rain fed
Written: © 2021

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