Trip Report – Wilson Creek – C) The Gorge: National Forest sign to parking area above Brown Mtn. Beach

Trip Report

Reporter

Gary Mitchell

always check the adako bridge gauge before making any wilson creek decisions...the bottom of zero is zero...we have found that the creek is runnable without portage as low as -12' ...

disregard the comment at the top of the page that says '...and that the Johns River reading is a clue as to what was happening in the Gorge about twelve hours earlier.' It definitely does not take 12 hours for the water to go 7 miles - more like 1 to 3 hours depending upon flow conditions...

ALSO...contrary to popular opinion, the Grandfather Meadows AFWS rain gauge is NOT in the Wilson watershed. We went up and checked it out, confirmed by the iFlows technician. It is actually in the Linville watershed just off 221 near the Grandfather Mountain entrance. It is not part of the weather station on Grandafther Mountain as some of the locals will tell you. However, it is only about 2 or 3 miles from the intersection of the Watauga, Linville, and Wilson watersheds which is at the top of Grandfather Mountain and only a little over a mile from the edge of the Wilson watershed near the intersection of 221 and the BRP.

always check the adako bridge gauge before making any wilson creek decisions...the bottom of zero is zero...we have found that the creek is runnable without portage as low as -12' ...