Pennington Creek

This creek drops off a granite plateau. Pennington Falls drops 30 ft in 250 ft.

Kevin Blackwood shared, on 2008-01-22:

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CREEK INFO: We ran the creek on 7-15-07 @ 250cfs.

Below is the order in which you will encounter rapids or other major points on the creek.

1. Low water bridge below Reagan. There is parking for the put-in. Once you put in, the creek splits; the left and right are both kinda brushy with class I-II rapids. Once the creek forks back together, the brush clears. I-II rapids remain consistent downstream with occasional slow spots but with good current.

2. At 0.8 miles the creek splits again into 3 forks. We took the middle fork but all 3 forks seem runnable @ 250cfs.

3. At 1.25 miles from the put-in the rapids seem to get bigger and more consistent.

4. At 1.65 miles you will come to Slippery Falls. This drop is fairly easy; it's just like a big water slide, stay to the right to catch some good waves at the bottom.

5. At mile 1.75 just below Slippery Falls you'll come to another drop, we stayed to the right on that too. (ATTENTION: Look out for log jams and debris build-up below drop).

6. After the drop the creek bends and you will start seeing massive boulders on the right, one of them can even be paddled under.

7. At mile 2.15 you'll start hitting the rapids again as you close in on Devils Den, you'll see a large rock on the left with a nice set of rapids next to it. You'll also start seeing cabins and houses along the creek so be careful not to pull out on someone's yard.

8. At mile 2.5 the creek widens and drops for about 300 yards with class II-III rapids occupying the entire section. The section can be scratchy in places because it is so wide.

9. At mile 3.0 you enter Devils Den, you will know this because of the giant boulders straight ahead. As the creek turns it spl

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