barbours creek has some really beautiful gorges and nice chutes and drops-as of 4-5-08 there is a log jammed up about 1 mile downstream of the cc trail rd. bridge-which could be hazardous or possibly risk of life. we will make efforts to clear all debree when the water receeds to make barbours creek a steady and fun ll-lll but be weary of debree lodged up all down the creek scout wisely and the concrete bridge has to be underwater (enough to boof) to make this a great run-cam Edit

Barbours can be run very low...a visual minimum would be the cement bridge is covered with water. The more the merrier. Johns is also a pretty good indicators as they are in similar drainages. Be very careful of the strainer that is all the way across the river, it is shortly after the Gorge section if I remember correctly. Sweet little run! Would call this II+ and a bit harder with more water (cold water, longer swims).

Gauge update: Looking back I see the gauges changed some as I was headed to the river. For my earlier post figure Craig at Parr to be 1,200 cfs and rising slightly, John's Creek to be 475 cfs and cresting, nearby but different watershed Pott's Creek to be 650 cfs and cresting.

We had a nice yet quite bony run on Barbours 6/4/03. The 200 cfs listed minimum on the gauge on the Craig at Parr is not even close as a zero. We had 947 cfs there and 362 of that was from John's creek, a trib of the Craig. <br /> <br /> It's fun, very pretty, and perhaps a bit more difficult than the II - III listing would tend to imply. Just my opinion, of course, but I'd call it a pretty solid III. <br /> <br /> We had no portages today but there were a few strainers, one of which we had to limbo under. We gorilla-walked the low-water bridge choosing a path which dropped us into a jet of current coming out from under it rather than into the hydraulic. Other than that it was pretty much sneak up on the drop, read and run. <br /> <br /> Fun!