Banklick Creek

Here you can see the creek going into a small canyon above 1st rapid

This creek changes all the time and there are often river wide strainers be ready to get out quick.

I wish someone would update the page b/c we paddled it @ 260 CFS and the top drop was unrunnable at that level.

paddled on 5-2-10 level was 900 CFS or 6.5 feet...... river class III+ at that level
River was at flood stage almost no eddies.
Top drop had 16' of water flowing over it class III+
Fun but dangerous at this level good news is all strainers are gone

First drop had 16' water going over lip class III+ at this level
almost no eddies @ 900 cfs river at flood stage
good news all strainers were washed out clean clear lines

we paddled on 10-31-09 @ 10am level 567cfs and falling 150cfs per hr. Good water level a few spots we low we had to scrape by. The level above the first drop was shallow making the approach to the 3ft drop hard. Strainer still above this 1st drop runable on river right then drop 10ft off the right hand bank.

Previous post about water quality are either old or wrong. Only 2 spots that smelled bad.
With all the rain water that is in this creek when it runs the water is not a hazard at all.

We ran this on 7-28-09 gauges showed 350cfs (-12cfs per hr). The run was a little shallow. We had to push through a few spots. The run was NOT a II-III at this water level I would call it a II only because you need a little boat control. THe whole creek needed 6' more water and really would have been fun with another 12'. *** IDEAL level = 600 CFS for a fun class II ***