Rock Creek (Sale Crk. trib.)

We ran this creek on 4/8/2006. The level was about 2.75 feet when we dropped a car at the take-out and it had dropped to 2.5 when we paddled out of the gorge. Kirk Eddleman and I agreed that it felt like a moderately high flow. At this level, there is a lot of class IV and the run should be considered as such (not class III-IV+). Do not expect it to be a small step up from class III-IV creeks like Island Creek or Big Laurel Creek (NC). At this level, it can also be a long day because many of the drops should be scouted and you sometimes have to start scouting well before the horizon line due to the pushy flow in the long lead-ins. There