Printer Friendly Rock Creek (Walden's Ridge)

Rock Creek (Walden's Ridge)

Stretch:	Hall Creek to South Leggett Rd Trail Head
Difficulty:	Class IV to IV+
Distance:	8.0 miles (1.6 of which on Hall Creek)
Flows:	~250-600 cfs estimated. 2.5 to 4.0 ft on the take-out bridge
Gradient:	92.5 fpm average (126.5 fpm for 2.3 miles after the Cumberland Trail)
Put-in:	Near Chicken Coop on Hall Creek
Take-out:	Cumberland Trail head on Leggett Rd or downriver at the Leggitt Rd Bridge
Shuttle:	7.4 miles, ~15 minutes one way
Season:	Winter/Spring from rain
Written:	© 2017
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Hall Creek (II-P).

Islands (II).

Rock Creek enters on the right doubling the flow. The river should not feel low from here down.

Slides (III to III+).

Cumberland Trail Bridge crosses overhead and marks that you are getting to the goods. I don't have exact mileage of the rapids down here… so I will estimate.