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Posted: **Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:29 pm**

I scouted the last two creeks I'm going to look at this year. The first was a real dud, no bedrock and lots of brush, even though it had a gradient of 100 feet per mile. I had high hopes for the second creek to have a lot of paddling potential, but it didn't turn out that way. The creek cuts through a tall rocky ridge as it drains a bowl shaped area ringed by mountains. There was essentially only ONE rapid of any significance; the rest were gravel shoals.

TOP OF RAPID SHOT 1 by CaptainAleve, alias Mike Coogan, on Flickr

TOP OF RAPID SHOT 2 by CaptainAleve, alias Mike Coogan, on Flickr

TOP OF RAPID SHOT 3 by CaptainAleve, alias Mike Coogan, on Flickr

BOTTOM SECTION OF RAPID by CaptainAleve, alias Mike Coogan, on Flickr

Mike Coogan, alias Captain Aleve

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:04 pm**

Mike...is this creek on the Ross foundation property? It looks really familiar.
Joe

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2014 6:32 pm**

It's Rainy Creek, north of Sims. I think there are two Rainy Creeks in that area; this is the westernmost one. You can drive to the falls.

Mike Coogan, alias Captain Aleve

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2014 6:43 pm**

Great pictures and scenery there captain.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:52 am**

Wow..very cool. How big is the drop?
Joe

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2014 5:02 pm**

There are two: top one about 5', bottom about 6' into a big pool.

Mike

Posted: **Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:50 pm**

Do you have a GPS trac that will take you to the falls?

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