Brush Creek

I ran this on labor day. It was low but raining. between 300 & 400 cfs ? It was runnable, but if I run it that low again, which I won't, I would probably hike down and only run the big drops to save some plastic.

The gradient picks up quick about 100 yards down from the bridge at the end of sharp hollow road. There are several 8 to 10 foot ledges with short calm stretches in between and then comes the first decent sized drop. About a 25 foot cascade with a potential piton rock in the pool below on river right. I ran the river left side of the drop and the pool was about 6 or 7 feet deep at the bottom. Up next and not to far away is another 20 foot slide that should probably be scouted. Most of the water is falling into the river left side of the drop and curling up underneath some undercut boulders. I tried at first to set up a seal launch above the drop on the river right to avoid the undercuts but couldn't find a stable enough place to get into my boat. I ran a sketchy line, launching off of a rock on the river left side, over the main current, and off the river right side of the last few vertical feet at the bottom. This pool looked pretty clean.

A few more skinny rapids later is the tallest drop of the run. About a 30 foot cascade that I would recommend running on the river left side to avoid a kink about halfway down. The bottom half of this drop is vertical with a clean pool and it's alot of fun. I ran it a couple of times. There is a trail on the river left side of the pool that is portagable but really slippery. I would have to recommend bringing a partner and roping the boats back up for multiple runs.

It's a crusty hike up the tracks to Barnard, but well worth it. Thanks to philippe damiano for the access, posted by Josh Dalton.