Coker Creek

Ran it 12/30/2018 at around 5' on the visual gauge. Sketchy riverwide log in the ledge beneath the notch drop (easily seen from the trail), and all kinds of various wood on the runout. We were able to boat scout, eddy hop, and duck most of it, might be more of an issue at higher flow. Had one or two log portages near the end

Steeper than it appears. Note that this is only the bottom part of the drop. about 4' on the gauge

The waterfall is over 60 feet high and there have been several deaths and injuries from climbing on the rocks. During periods of extreme cold, the falls freeze over.

Snakedance @ 1.5 feet

@1.5 feet April, 2011

2.2' of rain had fallen at the Coker Creek rain gauge (see flow beta) in a fairly short period of time about 20 hours before we put on. It felt like a medium-low to medium flow to me. It had been an unbelievably wet fall and early winter in the SE - tons of rain during what is often a dry spell. Cool run! Looking forward to returning some day .......

Ken don't you know it doesn't matter what the first person to run the rapid named it. Its name is what the streamkepper says it is.

Although never publicized except by word of mouth, other names for the rapids on Coker Creek have been in use for several years now. Bubble Notch has been called Turkey Tail, The Clapper is also known as Hidden Abashment, and Slidosaur as The Serpentine Beast or (yet another) Snakedance. As for Reynold's Rock...well, it can go by several names, depending upon whether or not one makes the turn. I bestowed a whistling 'Whew!' epithet to it my first time down.

Ken

Brian running the Notch. Pretty meaty hole at this level.
Launch time.

This is the left and center side of the drop
This is the left drop. This is the sweet line at anything above 2 inches
a good shot of the left line
the right line, which is a little smoother than the left at low water.
You can see the big pourover. Boof right or straight down the middle with speed.
Cool drop. Real cool

The big one. Steeper than it appears. Note that this only shows the bottom part of the rapid

Low water run... landed right on a rock.. ouch!

Coker Creek boogie

Boof!