Laurel Creek (Cherry trib)

At medium flows, this creek reminds me of Smokey Mountain boatin on a class III-IV level. There are not a lot of big boulders. Very few, actually. This creek is made up primarily of small boulders just under the surface. It's pretty constant bee-bop with few pools. Although it only comes in at about 85 feet per mile, the gradient is pretty constant. Most everything is read-n-run on the fly, with the exception of the Rock Pile rapids...mainly Rock Pile 3. This one often has wood in it and should be scouted.

This is an excellent introduction to creekin run. It can easily be broken down into an eddy to eddy to eddy run. This also makes it a great 'tune-up' run early in the season after a long winter with little boating.

I have not been on it at a level where it goes to class V, but I would certainly like to get on it at some point in the not so far off future.