Pike, N.Br.

A house on river left has a (rather rickety last time I was there) footbridge across the stream. (The property owner warns do not cross over on the footbridge.) Just beyond, the river drops down Bull Falls. Much more of a sliding rapids than a 'falls', you none-the-less probably want to scout this (river-right, unless permission is obtained from home-owner river-left). After the initial pitch, this dog-leg rapids twists to the left before hitting calmer water.

A steep sliding falls (not really 18'). There is access for this falls from a dirt/sand/gravel road. From the parking/cul-de-sac, it is about a 275 yard (~0.16 mile) walk on a stone ridge to get to the falls. While it is not particularly a difficult walk, neither is it ADA compliant (not handicapped accessible).

Any boaters wanting to do a 'park-and-huck' may shorten the walk back to their vehicle by paddling downriver (after running the falls) about 200 yards, taking out just as the river bends to the left. From the river-right shore, a very short climb upslope gets you back on the trail within a hundred yards of your vehicle. You can then drive back to Twelve-foot Falls County Park where you can carry up to huck 12' Falls and paddle down to 8' Falls before carrying back to your vehicle, catching three of the four falls without bothering with a shuttle!

Another sweet sliding falls (not really quite 12'). Access is great from Twelve-foot Falls County Park. The trail to get above the falls is pretty decent, though not particularly wide or convenient. (Experienced boaters, of course, will be pretty used to this sort of scramble and bushwack to scout/portage/carry up or down around rapids and falls.) When running falls at higher flows, be very cautious of the big hole at the base! Flow heads out to the left (south) of the pool (with often slightly congested split channel). After 185 yards, it bends sharply left, proceeds about 65 yards more, then encounters another dike of rock to drop across (8' Falls).

The final of the four falls on this reach, again a sliding drop, again height overstated (it's more like 5'). While this is the shortest drop, it is also the widest (still not all that wide, though) and (more to the point) most uniform. As a result, at moderate or higher flows, the hole at it's base can be pretty aggressive! While it can be run most anywhere, flow generally 'pushes-through' the best just off the right shore. Running further left can result in being stopped and unintentionally surfed in the sucky crease!

Take out immediately below to carry back through the campgrounds to your vehicle.

For anyone interested or curious, there is nothing but flatwater (ok, perhaps very minor riffles) downstream from here until the next listed reach (which has only class I-II rapids).