Rock Creek (Columbia River trib.)

The foot gauge is under the Ryan Allen Rd bridge on the up-stream/river-left side.  The readings stop at 10.10, but a yard stick has been added to extend the gage.  The inches start at the 10.0' mark, so this part of the gage reads as inches + 10 feet. The top of the metal is at 22' or 11'10'.

10' was a nice low flow where the big drops were runnable class V, and the in-between was still enjoyable, but a little rocky.  A previous trip around 11' was a medium/full.  On both trips Three Swims was run, and at the higher flow Heaven and Hell was run too (the lower drop he paddled into the portage chute).  I don't recall wood portages on either trip.

The creek can be run below 10', but some sections become tedius, especially at the beginning, and in the mile or so above Three Swims.