Little Sandy Creek

Ran this at 7.4 feet and absolutely loved it. Its gorgeous area and pretty accessible shuttle. It keeps you entertained while being a good run for beginners and intermediates to work on their more technical skills. Its mainly lots of little waves interspersed between 6-7 more in depth rapids/drops. If you swim, you usually have lots of time to get your boat and to the side. The drops get more challenging over the run. Theres really only two that you may need to scout, one in the middle and the last one, which you;ll know by their horizon lines. The middle one is a bolder drop rapid that has a surprisingly soft hole in the middle (we had one big back ender and one swim here). The last rapid is recognized by a forking of the creek (second time in the run it does this) and a horizon line on either side. We eddied out on the right, so I never really saw what the left line looks like. I ran the right, a 4 foot drop complicated by a boulder that sits waiting below with all the current pillowing off it. If you run with a hard left brace you should pillow right off that water and have no worries. Right after this is the bridge, and for those not interested in doing that drop theres an easy hike on the right bank right to the bridge (150 yards or so). We took out at the first take out before the 2 miles of flat water, and we were done under two hours taking our grand ole time.

Once, I ran down Beaver Creek to the Little Sandy at Brandonville Pike. The Rockville gauge was at around 10.0 feet. The painted gauge under Brandonville Pike was @ 1.5, I think. I carried up the Little Sandy a couple hundred feet to get one more rapid. This section, from Beaver down to the BV Pike is pure, screaming, righteous rock and roll at 10.0 feet!!! Highly recommended (Class 4). Beaver Creek was trivial, with a log portage.