Barberry Creek, |
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| Usual Difficulty | III-V (may vary with level) |
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| Length | 1.8 Miles |
| Avg. Gradient | 190 fpm |
| Max Gradient | 300 fpm |
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level |
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| Little Buffalo | ||||
| virtual-45503 | 5.00 - 10.00 ft | III-V | 00h58m | 2.265 ft (rc= -0.5 ) |
Note: The combination of Steep banks and lots of dead red oak trees (thanks to the borer beetle infestation) tend to clog the creek with wood from time to time, so keep look out.
Put-in: Go North on County Road NE198 (Heydenrich Road) from Hwy 16 for 1 mile
and look for a bermed forest service logging road on the left (West) just past where the grey
gravel road rejoins the brown gravel road. Follow the logging road for 1/2 mile and when a fence
and clearing are visible, look for an ATV trail to the left and follow down to the creek.
(elevation ~1840)
Take-out: Option 1) Carry up the road at the put-in for the standard East Fork Little Buffalo run. This road
may be passable with a good 4-WD.
Option 2) Paddle down the main EFLB to Murray. This run will be kickin
and offer some big water features near the bottom. Be on the look out for Johnson's Falls in the
middle of the run.
The creek is the cousin of Sandy
Springs Hollow which is located on the East side of Heydenrich Road and joins Barberry at the
standard putin for the East Fork
Little Buffalo.
Sandy is mainly boulder drops with a few bedrock drops, Barberry is mainly bedrock drops with a few boulder drops.
Highlights are the 4 main drops. First is a 8-footer onto a short slide a couple hundred yards
down from the put-in. Second is Gimme 3 Steps just downstream below a small tributary
waterfall on the left. Third is Monday Morning Surprise comes quickly downstream at the
end of a long bedrock slide. Next are a couple of small drops then another low angle slide
followed by the tight bouldery drops of Down South Jukin'. Good idea to stop and scout in
this area in preparation for Barbarian Falls which is the fourth main drop and signals the
end of the steep gradient.
Look for 2" or more rain at the Deer within the last 12 hours. Also look for the Buffalo at Boxley gauge to be > 6.0 ft.
You can drive down to Sandy Springs Hollow to check the water level in it. If Sandy Springs has enough, Barberry has enough.
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| Little Buffalo | ||||||||||||
| virtual-45503 | 5.00 - 10.00 ft | III-V | 00h58m | 2.265 ft (rc= -0.5 ) | ||||||||
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| When | River/Gauge | Subject | Level | Reporter |
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| barberry creek [AR] |
monday morning
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elf | joe cutrer | |
| 284d13h25m | Barberry Creek [AR] |
Barbarian Falls entrance
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ELF Low | Lance Jones |
| 307d13h25m | barberry creek [AR] |
chuck b entering Monday Morning Surprise!
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ELF | joe cutrer |
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Add a Comment| Mile | Rapid Name | Class | Features (Legend) |
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| 0.1 | First Drop | IV | |
| 0.2 | Give Me 3 Steps | IV+ |   |
| 0.4 | Monday Morning Surprise | IV | |
| 0.6 | Down South Jukin' | IV+ |  |
| 0.8 | Entrance to Barbarian Falls | 5.0 | |
| 0.9 | Barbarian Falls | 5.0 | |
Creek starts on a bedrock slide with some ledges. The first main ledge has a shallow landing.
Two small ledges lead into this 12-footer. The second ledge forms a meaty hole at medium and high flows.
The main drop is an autoboof.
Very shortly after 'Give Me 3 Steps' the creek enters another bedrock slide that leads into a step drop into a deep pool. Low water means a hard bounce down the drop. Medium to high flows start to develop a hydraulic at the bottom.
A technical boulder rapid leads into a low-angle slide. Below this slide is the tight and technical section Down South Jukin'. The first part tends to collect wood, the second part has a sieve to avoid and the third part is a narrow notch with overhanging rocks from both sides.
After the notch is the entrance to Barbarian Falls.
A series of 4 stair stepping narrow technical ledges lead into the steep stair step of Barbarian Falls. These entrance drops offer an undercut on the right and a couple of pin rocks.
4 steep ledges make up the main drop which becomes more veritical with higher flows. Total drop of entrance and the falls is 35-40 feet depending on water level. The majority of the drop is in the main falls portion. The pool at the bottom is deep.
Below here is a mile of run-out with no defined drops to the confluence with the EFLB.
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