Clear Creek

Sept 2, 2021 I skipped work and took wife & retriever back to this section enjoying the runoff from Hurricane Ida. The Lilly gauge was dropping fast from 430 early in the morning to 350cfs when we launched at Barnett Bridge in the Star Slice cataraft. We ran to Jett Bridge in 3 hours, while in no hurry. At this level we had only one spot, about 1.5 miles into the run, where we had to portage the cataraft over some rocks in the center. The remainder of the run had enough water to paddle but with more than a few shallow, scrape fests. My advice it to not take a cataraft down this section below 450cfs, on the Lilly gauge, due to the nuisance low water scrapes. I think 450cfs would be a new minimum required level for our group of 3 in the cataraft.