Big Timber Creek
near Half Moon Campground
| Difficulty | V |
| Length | 2.9 mi |
| Avg Gradient | 720 fpm |
| Reach Info Last Updated | March 2, 2023 |
River Description
This thing is in the Montana Surf guidebook, and in Twitch. It's at least a class V.
Lat/longitude coords are a good guess, bracketing the gnarliest section. More exact coords will be posted as we get them.
Info from StreamKeeper Cody Howard:
Drive up to Half Moon Campground, and then hike the trail up along the creek. You will see a sign and a side trail to go look at the Falls, worth checking out so you know what's coming up at the end of the run. Continue to hike up and you'll cross a bridge; hike up the hill almost to the top, and then head down to the creek.
-You should come to an 80-ft slide that constricts at the bottom; this is the Pinch. Put in and run it, or below it, but be careful because there is no warm up, and it's a tricky slide.
- There will be a bunch of clean slides, including Gambler, a right banking slide into a gnarly hole.
- From there you will go underneath the bridge and it will turn into a boulder drop. GET out as soon as the canyon constricts because you've got to portage the upper half of the falls.
- Run the lower half of the falls (shown in Twitch) and then you'll come to Shakedown (last slide) and then get out at Half Moon.
---> Definitely pick up a copy of Montana Surf, the guidebook, for a more detailed description of the creek and surrounding runs. Beautiful guidebook, which you shouldn't be without.
-CODY HOWARD
Check out Mike Albrecht's photos of Big Timber Creek
River Features
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Trip Reports
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Jun 4, 2010
Raining lots! The flows are high. the island on lower big T falls is almost all the way under. rock gone!
Untitled
Jun 4, 2010
For all of you lower big T falls lovers, the rock that was in the way last season is GONE! water is high get out there.
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Jul 8, 2009
How can the average gradient be greater than the max gradient?
Answer: if the run is less than a mile long, since the average is per mile.
Chris Gorman
Jul 9, 2006
I hiked this thing...It is just insanely huge. Biggest boatable whitewater I have EVER seen. It is all hikeable...Great hike if you are around bozeman.
Nathan Pirtz
Jun 29, 2003
Smooth.
Below the walking bridge on Big timber Creek.
A double drop on Big Timber Creek.
I don't know the name of it.
Getting shook.
Shaken not stirred.
Friends Blackfly Canoes LLC
Jan 1, 1900
If you looked up 'schweet' in a dictionary, you'd see this picture
Gordon Dalton
Jan 1, 1900
Gordon Dalton runs Big Timber Falls on a nice day in June.
Looking down on Big T Falls from above the drop. That pool at the bottom doesn't look so big anymore - but you'll get there nevertheless.
Gordon at the top of The Pinch.
The bottom half of The Gambler. The infamous hole is at the bottom of this slide. Believe me, it is stout.
Boofing the last drop of Tripple Dipple. In the foreground is 'The Pinch' slide which immediately follows Dipple.
