Clear Creek - 05. Green Bay Rock (MM 262.9) to Rigor Mortis (MM 267.2)


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05. Green Bay Rock (MM 262.9) to Rigor Mortis (MM 267.2) (Black Rock)

Usual Difficulty IV-V(V+) (may vary with level)
Length 5.5 Miles
Avg. Gradient 114 fpm
Max Gradient 138 fpm

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
CLEAR CREEK AT GOLDEN, CO.
usgs-06719505 500 - 1000 cfs IV-V(V+) 00h54m 58 cfs (rc= -0.9 )


River Description

This is the most challenging run on Clear Creek. This section is made up of mostly read and run IV, with two V's and one V+. It is a great after work run, but keep in mind the riverbed is entirely unnatural and general unkind to upside down or swimming boaters.

To get there: The put-in is at mile 262.9 on Hwy 6, at a pullout with large spray painted rocks. The take-out is just downstream of Rigor Mortis after passing under the bridge(mile marker 267.2).


StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2009-02-16 19:48:07

Clear Creek Narrows

Detail Trip Report Edit  Clear Creek Narrows  Clear Creek, CO(15.83KB .jpeg)

Rigor Mortis!

Detail Trip Report Edit  Rigor Mortis!  Clear Creek, CO(11.76KB .jpeg)

Black Rock Rapid

Detail Trip Report Edit  Black Rock Rapid  Clear Creek, CO(14.44KB .jpeg)

River boarding The Narrows drop

Detail Trip Report Edit  River boarding The Narrows drop  Clear Creek, CO(512.71KB .jpeg)

Riverboarding The Narrows

Detail Trip Report Edit  Riverboarding The Narrows  Clear Creek, CO(523.28KB .jpeg)

Riverboarding RigorMortis

Detail Trip Report Edit  Riverboarding RigorMortis  Clear Creek, CO(578.18KB .jpeg)


Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

Clear Creek is runnable above 1000 cfs, but the entire run becomes one big continuous rapid. Use extreme caution above that level.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
CLEAR CREEK AT GOLDEN, CO.
usgs-06719505 500 - 1000 cfs IV-V(V+) 00h54m 58 cfs (rc= -0.9 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
500 -1000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable IV-V(V+)

Report - Reports of Clear Creek 05. Green Bay Rock (MM 262.9) to Rigor Mortis (MM 267.2) and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
Clear Creek [CO] Clear Creek Narrows n/a Brian Adkins
4y143d13h39m Clear Creek [CO] River boarding The Narrows drop 540cfs IceMan RiverBoarder

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Rapid Summary

Mile Rapid Name Class Features (Legend)
0.0Green Bay RockIIIPutin
1.0Black Rock Rapid5.0Photo
3.0The Narrows5.0Photo
5.0Rigor Mortis5.3Takeout Hazard Photo

Rapid Descriptions

Green Bay Rock (Class III)
At mile 262.9 is a large dirt pullout with a house-sized spray painted rock

Black Rock Rapid (Class 5.0, Mile 1.0)

Black Rock Rapid

Black Rock Rapid
Photo by Brian Adkins

The first hard rapid. You have to thread your way through the rock garden in the top half, and avoid the undercut rock at the bottom.

The Narrows (Class 5.0, Mile 3.0)

Clear Creek Narrows

Clear Creek Narrows
Photo by Brian Adkins

The hardest part is the entrance, be sure to scout your line carefully. The cliff on river left is undercut at several points throughout the rapid and it's runout. The runout is possibly the funnest rapid on the river.

Rigor Mortis (Class 5.3, Mile 5.0)

Rigor Mortis!

Rigor Mortis!
Photo by Brian Adkins

The creek drops into a constricted mess of hydraulics. It is amazing the vareity of carnage that can happen here. Concentrate on a clean line in the entrance to avoid the big hole at the bottom. There is a large, slightly undercut rock 50' downstream from the big hole, remember to swim right.



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