Crooked Fork Creek

Although the river left portage is more difficult it does have certain advantages. You can catch the eddy on the brink of the drop for a cheap thrill and then carry through the woods, lower your boat 10' or so, then scramble down holding on to roots. This sets you up to walk under the waterfall. When your under there notice the crumbly layer of oil shale that erodes much faster than the harder rock overlay, creating the undercut. Cool!

The huge rock monolith down stream of the plunge pool was once the top of the falls. During the flood of March 1929 (195,000cfs@Oakdale) the rock broke off and was hurdle downstream and burried in the gravel, pointing to the sky and leaning slightly upstream as if bracing against the flood.

Enjoy the scenery here. The rock garden below is a mess of breakdown detrius that has no rythm or reason.