Flint Creek

We attempted to paddle this creek yesterday (6/1/2026) but were unable to find a good access point to enter the river. Public land is few and far between above the confluence, and an angry local did NOT like us parking on the side of the road near his land. I would advise people to look for suitable public access points farther down or to avoid this creek: Big mines, weird parcelling and strange locals don't really tip the risk:reward ratio into the right place to paddle this, I don't think.

I thought Nathan was crazy when he predicted there was whitewater out in the cottonwood groves in the wide-open Flint Creek valley. But, he was right. We found a Class III whitewater run with rolling wave trains and a few moves to make. There was a cable or two and some mining debris but we were heads-up and were able to see it coming and navigate around them. It was a fun run!