Lance Jones, Druse Ellis, Scott Hanshaw, Jason Mellor, Greg Churan, Ray Skinner, Carl Griffith and Bryan Hughbanks. It is likely parts of this creek have been paddled before, but the main rapids would be quite difficult in a tandem canoe.

The first 0.3 miles consists of a shallow bedrock shoals and ledges offering some play potential.

A tall bluff on river left will appear and the creek will make a sharp bend back to the right. The first slot move is located at the start of the bend. Go either side of the boulder. A short pool leads to a broken 4-ft ledge. Cleanest line is a boof about 1/3 of the way out from the right bank.

The first notable drop is next. 'Wolf Bite' at Mile 0.33 A short bluff extends from river right and a bedrock shelf extends from river left. The drop consists of an 8-10 ft ledge/slide with a turn and slight undercut at the bottom. Enter the tongue a few feet from the right bank, ride the pillow to the left as you accelerate down the rest of the drop. Quickly eddy left or steer right to avoid the undercut wall on the bottom that the current goes directly into. The undercut is more likely to cause a momentary flip and potential swim, but has potential to hold you a while. The bedrock shelf on the left offers easy scouting, safety, photos and portaging. Also very easy to carry up and run multiple times. At higher water, a nice boof may be available on the left side of the drop.

Right around the corner, boulders appear in the creek. This is the start of ‘Road to Grandmother’s House’ at Mile 0.4. Most of the water heads down the left side with several tight moves to make. A large eddy on the left below a steep bank signals the middle of the drop. Follow the water to the right for the bottom half which is a little steeper as Five Branch enters from the right. Park the boats on river left when the undercut bluff on the right appears.

The bluff marks the entrance to ‘Grandmother’s House’ at Mile 0.7. The Big Bad Wolf is hiding here waiting to gobble up Little Red Riding Hood. The creek disappears under the river right bluff as it drops over two small ledges. The bottom ledge is runable at lower levels. A high water channel opens up to the left starting at the middle eddy in the previous rapid.

After the cliff a large boulder forces the main flow to river right. This is the start of the biggest drop, ‘Wolf Whistle’ at Mile 0.75. Two small ledge drops lead into a 12-ft slot waterfall. Take a little speed into the tongue and a good boof stroke to clear the hole at the bottom and smile for the camera! Look back up stream and give it a wolf whistle for how good it looks!

The remaining 5.5 miles of creek offer some nice class II to III+ rapids among the pools. The gorge offers wonderful scenery with the towering bluffs and cascading waterfalls. The creek exits the gorge about a mile above the take-out as the gradient eases and offers more willow jungles to negotiate.

Like other low-volume creeks, meaningful ratings are difficult to establish on the accepted International scale. At lower levels, the creek will seem like a very technical Class II/IV, with much rock bashing, scraping, and some portages. At higher levels, several rapids are expected to become solid Class IV or V.