Roaring Creek

Roaring needs a good 1.25” inch of rain in winter (Nov.-Mar.), or 1.5”-2” of rain in the summer.

There's a gage at the bridge in Montague.

This stream has one Class 5 rapid called 'Fuzzy Bunny.' Lots of good boaters are happy to walk this one.

Roaring Creek:

The creek can be seen on the video ' Falling Off Walden's Ridge. It was first run by Micheal Cawood (OC-1), Jeff Richards, (OC-1), Steve Smith, and myself.

This one drops quickly with it's water. I have put on with the water too high, and watched it drop while paddling to the takeout. Roaring is a good creek run on the Ridge that might not kill you. A run for the jaded creeker and beginning creeker to make a run together, if you are hair boater you won't be slumming here. If you are trying to paddle harder runs before you tackle, say, Little Possum, Roaring is for you.

Roaring Creek makes the local news a lot for flooding the local trailers. And it's in danger on becoming a candidate from the state for 'stream improvement.' 'Improvement' is the new buzzword. Another problem for Roaring is that the clear-cutting and Mountain Stone Mining have hurt the headwaters. It didn't used to drop as quickly.

The first rapid is is a fast slide beside a cliff--paddle hard here, because it gives you the flavor of what's coming. The first major rapid is Crunch-n-Munch. Munch can be walked on river right; it's the first solid Class IV. After Munch, the pool/drop nature of the run kicks in. Here the jaded creeker can teach boat scouting to his up-and-coming buddy.

Once the gorge becomes more defined, your concentration level needs to pick up. The rapids are now solid Class IV, and you will be dealing with drops and eddies, then a slide comes up. Eddy out and scout on the river left. The major rapid here is Polecat, named after a local swimming hole. Know where this at! Pole

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