Glade Creek (New River tributary)

If you're planning on running Glade Creek in Raleigh make sure you leave enough time and daylight for scouting and portaging. There is some wood in nearly every rapid. We had 4 mandatory portages, one mandatory monkey crawl, and two pins on logs. What normally takes us 1:45-2 hours took 3. When you go take a saw, a rope and your 'A' game.

I'd call it Class 4-5. There are two big falls, one next to the road, that are a bit stiff with a lot of water. The long, smooth bedrock slides are fun, but a little intimidating if you don't know what's ahead.

Great level

Great Level
I Pray before I boat!!

Hole is a little tough at bottom.

May require quicktime 6 to play, in MP4 format.

Bernie ran just left of the boof rock and piton'd hard at the bottom of the drop.

Paddle Recovered, A big thanks to Matt McMillion!!!!

Hey there, I lost a paddle on this run. Its a Pothole Slasher, and has my name on it. Lost it on Sunday april 28 about a mile above the take out. There is a reward for it. Email me at Badswim@hotmail.com

This is the Rapid that swallowed my Pothole Slasher Paddle.
This falls is just above the take-out parking lot. Its a three tiered drop with an 8 foot ledge, a 14 foot shallow ledge, and a final slide.

If you don't want to run it, well, its roadside and the beer coolers in your truck are within sight.

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