Rivers
Page
This is a list of rivers and creeks that I have run
in the past few
years. Click on the name for more information on the run. I hope to be
adding
many more to this list in the near future. For more info on many of the
Arkansas
rivers and creeks check out the Ozark
Whitewater Page and American
Whitewater.
My new runs for 2009 include: Poteau River (Wister Wave), Rio Embudo, Upper Animas, Uncompahgre River
My new runs for 2008 include: Beech Creek, Conasauga River -GA, Dry Creek(FD), Verdigris River (Lake Oologah Spillway)
My new runs for 2007 include: Colorado River (Grand Canyon)
My new
runs for 2006 include: Blue River(Green Mtn. Gorge), Clear
Creek -CO (Dumont, Black Rock, Lower, West Fork-Coors Falls), Clear Creek-OK(FD), Eagle
Creek(Dowd Chute), East
Fork Lewis River, Gore Creek, Gore Canyon, Jordan
Creek, Pine Creek,
Sauk
River, Skykomish
River, Sultan
River(Lower),
Toutle
River
My new
runs for 2005 included: Animas River (Town Run),
Cain Creek,
North Chickamauga,
Suck Creek,
Arkansas River (Fractions-Frog Rock,
Salida Hole)
My new
runs for 2004 included: Beaver
River (Mosier
and Eagle),
Caney
Fork Gorge, Arkansas River (Buena Vista Hole,
Clear Creek,
Pine Creek section)
Doe River Gorge,
Lower Youghiogheny River
(Loop), Meadow Run,
Moose River (Bottom),
Oh-Be-Joyful Creek,
Raquette River (Stone Valley),
Sandy Springs Hollow,
Sweetwater Creek, Stepp Creek,
Upper East River,
Gunnison River WW Park
My new
runs for 2003 included: Big Laurel Fork,
Boen Gulf(FD), Brush Creek,
Caney Fork (Rock Island),
Citico,
Clark Creek(Cave)(FD), Dry Meadow Creek,
Lake Norrell Spillway,
New River Dries,
N.F. American (Chamberlain
Falls), N.F. Kaweah (lower),
Merced (YNP boundary to
Redbud), N.F. Kings (lower),
N.F. Mokelumne (Tiger Dam),
N.F. Yuba (Goodyear),
Pauley Creek,
Rio Santa Cruz,
Spring Creek,
S.F. American (Chili Bar),
S.F. Tuolomne (Rainbow Pool
Falls), S.F. Yuba (49-Bridgeport), Wolf Bayou(FD)
My new runs for 2002 included: Cheoah River, East Fork Little Mill(aka, Fern Gulley), Johnnies Creek, Long Branch(FD)(East Fork Little Buffalo), Middle Prong of the Little Pigeon, Nantahala Cascades, Osage Creek, Short Creek Falls, West Fork Shop Creek
My new runs for 2001 included: 'Teddy' Bear Creek, South Sauty Creek, Little River Canyon (Suicide Section), Big Creek, West Prong of the Little Pigeon, Pigeon River Gorge, Watauga Gorge and East Fork Little Buffalo
My new
runs for 2000 included: Arkansas River (Numbers),
Cache La Poudre
(Middle and Lower Narrows,
Lower Mishawaka,
Poudre Park),
Crooked Creek,
Eagle River (Gilman Gorge),
North Fork of the South
Platte (Bailey Canyon),
Pigeon River - Dries,
Price River Canyon,
Webber River
My new runs for 1999 included: Baker Creek(upper), Bear Creek (FD), Castle Creek, Chauga River Gorge, DeRoche Creek, Greys River, 'Idaho Connection Wave' Murtaugh Canyon of the Snake River, Illinois River (Fisher's Ford), Kings River (Trigger Gap Wave), Little Mill Creek, Malad River, Possum Walk Creek (FD)(Raccoon Creek & Beech Fork of Little Red River), Rio Grande (Lower Taos Box), Rio Pueblo, Russell Fork, St. Francis River, Snake River Canyon, Sugar Creek, Tallulah River Gorge
My new runs in 1998 included: Galla Creek, Green River Narrows, New River (Gorge), Nolichucky River, Upper Gauley River, Upper Youghiogheny River, Wilson Creek
Check out some trip reports, river stories and creek descriptions HERE!
My paddling runs include:
1)ARKANSAS:
Big Piney Creek: Indian Creek, Bear Creek(FD) & Boss Hollow(FD)
Buffalo National River: Beech Creek, Boen Gulf(FD), Clark Creek(Cave)(FD), (East Fork Little Buffalo: Long Branch(FD), Sandy Springs Hollow, Stepp Creek), Falls Branch of Cave Creek(FD) & ( Richland Creek: Big Devil's Creek(FD*), Bobtail Creek, Dry Creek(FD) , Long Devil's Creek(FD*), Falling Water Creek, Sulphur Creek(FD)) & West Fork Shop Creek
Cossatot River:
Baker
Creek (upper and lower), Camp
Creek
Little Missouri River:
Crooked Creek
Illinois
Bayou: Middle Fork, Left
Hand Prong of North Fork Illinois Bayou(FD)
Mulberry River:
Little Mill Creek: East Fork
Little Mill(aka, Fern Gulley)
DeRoache Creek, Frog Bayou, Galla Creek,
Illinois River (Fisher's
Ford), Kings River (Trigger Gap), Lake Norrell Spillway, North Cadron Creek,
Osage Creek, Ouachita
River (Rockport),
Possum Walk Creek(FD)
(Raccoon Creek & Beech Fork of Little Red River), Saline River
(Dierks),
South Fourche LaFave River, Spring River and Wolf
Bayou(FD)
2)ARIZONA
Colorado River (Grand Canyon)
3)ALABAMA
Little River
Canyon: 'Teddy'
Bear Creek & Johnnies Creek;
Short Creek (Falls), South Sauty Creek
4)CALIFORNIA
Brush Creek,
Dry Meadow
Creek, Merced (YNP boundary to
Redbud), N.F. American (Chamberlain Falls), N.F. Kaweah (lower), N.F.
Kings
(lower), N.F. Mokelumne (Tiger Dam), N.F. Yuba (Goodyear), Pauley Creek,
S.F. American (Chili Bar), S.F.
Tuolomne (Rainbow Pool Falls), S.F. Yuba
(49-Bridgeport).
5)COLORADO
Animas River (Town Run) & Upper, Arkansas River (Brown's Canyon, Buena Vista Wave, Fractions-Frog Rock, Numbers, Pine Creek, Royal Gorge, Salida Hole): Blue River(Green Mtn. Gorge), Clear Creek (Dumont, Black Rock, Lower, West Fork-Coors Falls), Clear Creek(Ark), Cache La Poudre (Middle and Lower Narrows, Lower Mishawaka, Poudre Park), Eagle River (Gilman Gorge, Dowd Chute), East River(upper), Elk River, Gore Creek, Gore Canyon, Gunnison River WW Park, North Fork of the South Platte (Bailey Canyon), Oh-Be-Joyful Creek, Roaring Fork: Castle Creek & Upper Frying Pan, Uncompahgre River
6/7)GEORGIA/SOUTH
CAROLINA
Chattooga: Section III & IV, Chauga River Gorge, Sweetwater Creek, Tallulah River Gorge
8)IDAHO
Lochsa River,
Malad River,
Middle Fork of
the Salmon (small parts of Loon Creek
& Camas Creek), Salmon River
(Sunbeam Run): Yankee Fork; Selway River, 'Idaho
Connection Wave' Murtaugh Canyon of the Snake River
& South Fork
Payette (Staircase Run)
9/10)KENTUCKY/VIRGINIA
11)MARYLAND
Upper Youghiogheny River
12)MISSOURI
St. Francis River - (Millstream Gardens and Shut-ins)
13)MONTANA
Madison River (Bear Trap Canyon)
14)NEW
MEXICO
Rio Embudo, Rio Grande (Lower Taos Box) & Rio
Pueblo, Rio Santa Cruz
15)NEW
YORK
Beaver
River (Mosier and Eagle),
Moose River (Bottom), Raquette River (Stone Valley)
16)NORTH
CAROLINA
Big Creek,
Cain Creek,
Cheoah River,
French Broad River (Sec
9): Big Laurel Fork, Spring Creek; Green River - Narrows,
Pigeon River Dries,
Nantahala River Gorge & Cascades,
Nolichucky River, North
Chickamauga, Suck
Creek, Watauga
Gorge & Wilson
Creek
17)OKLAHOMA
Arkansas River (Tulsa Wave), Clear Creek(FD), Glover River: Rocky Creek(FD), Pine Creek, Poteau River (Wister Wave), Verdigris River (Lake Oologah Spillway)
18)OREGON
19)PENNSYLVANIA
Lower Youghiogheny River (Loop), Meadow Run
20)TENNESSEE
Big South Fork of the Cumberland River, Caney Fork:
Gorge & Rock
Island; Doe River Gorge, Emory/Obed: Clear Creek; Citico, Middle Prong of
the Little Pigeon
(Ramsey Cascades trailhead to Picnic area), Ocoee River (upper and
lower),
Pigeon River Gorge, Roaring Creek, Tellico
River, "Tiny"
Piney Creek,
West Prong of the Little Pigeon (Chimney Picnic Area to Overlook).
21)UTAH
Price River Canyon, Webber River (Henefer to Taggart)
22)WASHINGTON
East
Fork Lewis River,
Sauk
River, Skykomish
River, Sultan
River(Lower),
Toutle
River
23)WEST
VIRGINIA
New River: Gorge & Dries; Upper Gauley River
24)WYOMING
Greys River, Snake River Canyon
(FD) Denotes I was on the first known descent of the creek.
(FD*) Denotes I was the first known descent in an OC-1.
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