land slide @ steel creek

[painterbob]

they had a large section of the mountian slide down the hill side into the river. that shut down the river for a few hours on sat am. it's just around the corner from the put in of steel creek.

[Cowper]

Would love to see some photos - any out there on the web that you know about?

Are you saying it was a big enough chunk to temporarily dam the river? If that is the case, there should be a major rapid for a period of time, just like the new rapids we see form every few years on western rivers when creeks blow out into the main channel...

[KimL]

Bob, upstream or downstream of Steel Creek?

[painterbob]

down stream just around that first corner. it fell off from way up high!

[Louiscov]

down stream just around that first corner. it fell off from way up high!

That would have been awesome to see. Might would have made me wonder if that was the beginning of the end of the world that preacher predicted for yesterday!

Did the slide effect that first good shoal with the chute and rock in the middle soon after the river turns left?

Louis C.

[Richard]

The Buffalo is in constant change. There is a relatively recent sluffoff at Buffalo Point.

15 years ago I discovered a spring that no one knew about and was not on any maps. In just 15 years I have seen it change considerably. A few years ago two massive trees toppled and when they hit the bluff over the spring it may have had enough impact to allow two more to spring forth. Now the trees are gone and there are three springs. So Richard's Spring is is now Richard's Springs. The original spring at that time was larger than the other two. The middle one now rivals the original in size.

Stay tuned. The saga continues.

[Tim Eubanks]

Just got back from Kyles. There were a few other landslides below Steel Creek, none significant as far as blocking the river, but still interesting to look at. Lots of big trees lodged here and there.

River went up 6' (according to gauge) after we got off or after Jim Bluff. It rained the entire time. Glad we were in a raft today.

[KimL]

Original slide, which side? River right up high is the trail. I'm wondering if it's become unsafe.

[muskrat]

not the one painterbob is talking of, but this was a few miles downstream from Kyles, taken 2 weekends ago

[gnick4]

Passed the slide yesterday and that was amazing. Looks like a huge chunk was actually half way across the river!