Twelve Mile Creek
Sawmill Rd to Lake Erie(Lower Twelve Mile)
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Log in to add a reportThe only other creek in town routinely paddled that's smaller than this is four mile. Generally if one is running so is the other. Doesn't hold true for six mile which is only two miles larger in drainage than twelve mile, however it is much wider and takes more water. Four and twelve mile stack up water very well, especially upper four mile in wintergreen gorge. They are also both similar in that they both start and finish with two of the best features of the runs. All these pictures are in order from beginning to end with a few smaller ones left out.
There's a nice little recovery pool after this if it were needed.. at this level anyway.
Horse shoe hole at the bottom is the main contender in this feature. Top and bottom both flush out, trickyness is the top squirls you out a bit when our trying to line up for horse shoe.
The meat and potatoes line on Roosters falls. A blade and a little red from my boat are somewhat visible.
Half dozen rapids in 1.2 miles with a Mooreheadville rd running right next to it the whole way, making shuttle and safety extremely easy. This is the last feature and like most Erie runs it goes out with a bang. This is the conservative line, the meat and potatoes is hitting the rooster tail and blasting through the hole on river right. Neely's is right at Rt 5 and Mooreheadville, you can park right next to it on Mooreheadville. Logistically it doesn't get any better than this creek, just wish it was longer.
Not super hard but its longer than the picture does justice. The drop is the beginning of it.
If you hit the rooster you don't have to worry about running into the wall of the bridge because hen house hole slows you down, but if you skate hen house start laying some hard right strokes as soon as you get to the bottom or you'll probably end up hitting the wall.