Clear Creek
2. Barnett Bridge to Jett Bridge
September 27, 2013
Trip Report
| Reporter | Simon Krzych |
Clear Creek (Barnett Bridge past Jett Bridge to Lilly Bridge) Notes are for a river level of 250 cfs on the usgs CLEAR CREEK AT LILLY BRIDGE NEAR LANCING, TN.
- First rapid, start right moving left.
- Second rapid, 2 parts; 1- right to center, 2- middle
- Fourth rapid, run left avoid obvious undercut on left at bottom of rapid.
- Left or right of Big rock, left of trees in run out. Swim rock on left after rapid *Pic.
- Small rocks go middle over small pour over *Pic.
- Start right move middle.
- Wave train, middle to right (small hole on bottom left) *Pic.
- Small rapid.
- Long pool with down tree on river left.
- Strainer rapid, left to middle is widest line, or right to middle is an option. *Pic.
- 2 part rapid, 1-middle, left or middle (little scrappy over small hole).
- Run left under low hanging Hemlock branches at bottom, the right channel is larger, both left and right are clear.
- Tree at top of rapid, can go left or right *Pic.
- Jett Bridge (check gauge on bottom of left piling)
- Long easy wave train rapid with undercut on bottom right.
- Left of center.
- Left of center.
- Left of center.
- Big Rock, move from right to left in behind big rock to avoid little rocks.
- Middle, then left to right, big undercut on bottom left.
- Lilly rapid, go down the right, eddy out left after bridge. Need to carry back up river left to get to steps and river access.