Silver Creek, S. Fork
Atherton Flat to Ice House Reservoir(South Silver)
Trip Reports
Log in to add a reportA nice day of 110-120 cfs on South Silver. A good flow, but has me curious for a bit more water.
Jay on his way to pick his wife up at the airport
Note the concern on his face that he may be late to pick up Charlotte at the airport
Teacups at Medium Flow
Red Bull South Silver 'Race' Report New
Forum: BoaterTalk
Date: Jun 29 2003, 7:18 GMT
From: clayw
Only in California!! Big trees, 100 degree temps, and white granite slanting 720 feet per mile! Sicko spot, much easier than you'de think, and only one portage. S Silver is a gem.
But to race it? Of course. Red Bull stepped up to the challenge once again and helped Robbie Hogge - the mayor of Coloma, CA - organize the first race on this amazing course.
First thing done right - shortened the race to only the steepest section. Starting right above the 'teacups' under the Red Bull Arch, and down thru Skyscraper and finishing off in the pool above the 'portage'. You could see the whole thing from high on the rivr right bank.
2nd - started EARLY: like 10 AM? While I thought it ridiculous the CA sun is too hot to linger all day, and a beautiful lake full of warm water awaits downstream.
3rd: he raced - and got 3rd. Congrats!
Results: 1. Steve Fisher 2. Bryan Kirk 3. Robbie Hogge 4. Jimmy Blakeney 5. Clay Wright 6. Andre Spino-smith 7. . .
Uhh - the party was REALLY good afterwards, so parndon my lack of the rest. I do know Shannon Carrol was 9th and there were around 20 racers.
Highlights :
For me, onsighting the course made this one quite a heart-stopper. Tought to paddle hard into Skyscraper when you aren't real sure what's down there!
The carnage: not quite Green-race epic but some upside-down Skyscraper runs kept everyone on their toes. The action heated up downstream in the runout, with one swim and numerous pins on the ultra-technical bouldergardens and ledge drops to the lake.
The Part: Things got wild - even for Coloma. After a presentation of 'Elements of Adrenaline' - Scott Lindgren's new multi-sport docu-drama (the base-jumping segie and avalanches are OTC)the beer, rum, and Red Bull got to flowing. At one point I was surprised to see a parking-lot romance happening where one girl had another girl pinned to the back of a pickup . . .California is cool! But then the 'girl' dropped her dress to reveal pec muscles and a stuffed bra - geez. Whether in dresses or out of them, the racers got a warm welcome from California's most infamous paddling town and I've no doubt this Red Bull event on South Silver will be the first of many.
Green, Oh-b-Joyful, and now South Silver - how steep is it gonna go?
Clay Wright
You know it's a good day when your safety guy is tied to a tree.
This is probably the lowest that anyone has run the creek (or atleast i've seen) RoCK,AND,RoLL! Ron Bowers about to end the slide, and doing some serious rock bashing to his EZ. -Cody Howard
Phil testing out a WaveDog Paddle prototype!
The E.L.F boaters are at it again. This is probably the lowest that anyone has run the creek (or atleast i've seen) RoCK,AND,RoLL! Cody Howard, running Skyscraper, definately catching some major air, while runing the Right side of the fist drop on it!!!
Ron throwing down again. AZ boaters obviously don't care about no water. This is good to us. (definately rock bashings) -Cody Howard
Check out the Dreamflows description of this run, with a full-sized version of this photo and many others, by clicking here.
tight but super fun