White

1. Barlow Crossing to Keeps Mill

DifficultyIII-IV
Length7 mi
Avg Gradientn/a
Reach Info Last UpdatedFebruary 27, 2011

River Description

Soggy Sneakers


River Features

Put In

Distance: 0 mi

Take Out

Distance: 6 mi
Take Out

Teresa Gryder
Teresa Gryder

Dec 1, 2020


The fires of September 2020 burned this entire area and we expect it to be unrunnable for years.

Robert Cruser
Robert Cruser

Apr 28, 2020


We ran this in the summer of 2012 from several miles above Barlow Crossing to Keeps Mill. From our put-in to the bridge 2.5 miles below Barlow Crossing, the river is immature with no significant whitewater and tons of wood. If you use the lower bridge put-in, you will soon find the river consolidating and maturing with nice Class 2-3 for about 4 miles to Keeps Mill with one bedrock Class 3+ to 4 rapid which is obvious as you approach it. We scouted and decided against running it at the level we had (sorry, don't remember, kinda on lower side) as the first drop turned 90 degrees and dropped you with no speed over a boxed-in ledge then over a scrapy roostertail into another hole. We were pleasantly surprised at the quality of the lower part of this run and it would make a nice addition to the Keeps Mill section if you were up to the extra logistics or wanted to do an overnight.