Little Walker Creek

Alum Springs (Route 643) to Big Walker Creek (Route 100)

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Philip Young

May 31, 2022


I paddled only the last mile of Little Walker, putting in at the Hwy. 100 bridge and taking out at the confluence (easy paddle upstream under the bridge on Walker). Big Walker was 1200 cfs at Bane and had been falling for a couple of days. I'd call this low runnable, but did not scrape anywhere. The first half mile or so is tight and creeky, but then it widens and mellows. There was nothing above class II at this level, but at higher flows probably has some class III.

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Glen Conklin II

Oct 26, 2007


This was the most significant challenge of the 1/2 mile or so of class II-III boogie water along VA 100 and above the confluence with Big Walker Creek. Might be the remains of a large beaver dam built during the summer '07 drought, breached by the late October rains. Easy line on left, but with a strainer luking just below it.
A beaver dam built during the drought of '07 and breached by rains of October 07. Greatest challenge of a 1/2 mile or so of class II-III boogie water between Route 100 bridge and confluence with Big Walker Creek.
A low-water bridge to a farm a little ways above the take out at Bane, VA. We ran on far right, and then proceeded to surf the downstream right side, with safety precautions.