Antelope Creek

As of Mar 2016: Great run! Had about 430 on gauge, which was mellow but slightly boney in places. All read and run boat scouting except one blind boof. No portages for wood and no dangerous looking wood in rapids. My first time down but it only took just over 5 hours (solo) with minimal drifting and still time to get out and poke around . High water could be dicey because some of the rapids are very tight and blind. 2 very fun blind maze rapids in that lower gorge, which is where the best scenery is. Ran into 2 wardens at top and bottom. The one at the top was going to keep me from doing the run 'because it's closed'. If you run into this same issue you might remind him that the actual closure is everything south of the creek and the 'freedom of navigation' laws (or whatever its called.) We had a friendly chat and he let me go. I found a sign at the closed gate at the bridge which spells out the closure. The shuttle only takes an hour. If you have a very low clearance car I would take the next right about 2-3 mi. past the road which CaCreeks calls 'Oak Creek Rd' and the 2 roads meet back up in about 5 mi or so. I think this is the shortcut to avoid which Lisa mentioned. (a little confusing b/c both write-ups mention roads not to take)