Clear Creek

We did a DNR run the other day and even though Clear Creek was low I wanted to hike up and check it out. For anyone who runs the Cartecay because of convenience but also wishes there were more rapids on it.....the hike up to Clear Creek is worth it. Can't wait to go back when there's more water in it. Makes for a long day on the water if you do the Cartecay first and play any at all, so start early.

As of August 25, 2013 all rapids from Timber Falls down are clean and clear of debris after the recent floods. The high water flushed everything out including several feet of soil from the banks.

I built a trail from Clear Creek Falls on the Cartecay River to Timber Falls on Clear Creek. Many thanks to the hard work put in by Jason Butler. The Trail is .31 miles long takes about 7 mins to walk and the hike has a total ascent of 80ft. This puts you in just above Timber Falls and you get to drop 52.5 ft over .63 mile doing four class 3 rapids. So from the Cartecay at Clear Creek Falls - run the falls then eddy out on river left and follow the trail up beside Clear Creek. This part of the trail is an old horse trail or something and leads away from the creek. You will see a small creek bed on the right of the trail. Where this creek bed closes up to where you can cross it the trail we built begins a steep switchback for about 20 feet high and then the trail cuts off to the left once at the top. Until we get it blazed follow the downed tree limbs lining the trail. Jason Butler and myself got 2 laps in today after building and then ran into Woody Janssen, J.d. Grogan, and Craig Davison who joined us for our 3rd lap. It definitely adds to the fun of the Cartecay. On the map the Steep climb is at A and is a gradual climb to B then it's all downhill. Hope ya'll enjoy so go get some laps! UPDATE August 25, 2013 - The trail is marked with a Yellow Blaze to make it easier to follow as it turns up the hill away from the old logging road... The flood a few weeks back cleared all the debris from all rapids and they are all good to go. It also removed several feet of the soil from the rocky banks and cleaned the view up some. It's really nice in there now. Ferns have overgrown on the trail itself as not many people have traveled it. Please take the time to hike and paddle this great stretch of river when you run the lower Cartecay.

Patrick Hansen stylin' timber falls

as of 4/15/11 all rapids are clear. I ran it at 1.86 and scraped over 2 trees down in flatwater but all rapids are clear and good to go

The log below Finale is no longer blocking the creek.

As of 2/28/2009 there is a log that is blocking the right line at Timber falls. 2 other logs block the entire creek as well - 1 before Timber falls that can be squeezed under depending on the level and 1 below Finale that must be portaged.

Chuck Kirk running Timber Falls

Notice the log behind Rob's top hand. This must be portaged if you are going to run the left line. (At least on 2/28/2009)
Notice the log behind Rob's top hand. This log blocks the right line at Timber Falls (as of 2/28/2009). To run this line you must portage the log or carry back up after you run the left line.
Shawn getting a face full.

The water level was great when we put in but it really went down FAST
This turned into an ELF run but it has a lot of potential. We barely got under some strainers that would be a real problem at higher water
at this ELF level there were a number of pinning rocks in the main channel.

The flume finishes up the final part of rapid number 2

The final rapid is approximatly the same size as Clear Creek falls on the Cartecay, which is just 100 yards downstream.

Timber Falls is a two stage rapid. The first drop is shown here. The lower water line is on river right but you can also run down the left side of the island.