Clear Creek

Ice riverboarding through the upper part of RigorMortis
IceMan in the middle of The Narrows
The fun slide in The Narrows

Rigor Mortis on Clear Creek during the winter, at an extremely low water level of 28 cfs. I was visiting the area to ski at Breckenridge, and took a detour along the way in order to see this class 5.3 rapid at lower water levels then I had ever heard of before. It was absolutely amazing to see a rapid like this at this low level, and get a chance to take a good look at the riverbed that forms those two massive holes at higher levels!

Rigor Mortis on Clear Creek during the winter, at an extremely low water level of 28 cfs. I was visiting the area to ski at Breckenridge, and took a detour along the way in order to see this class 5.3 rapid at lower water levels then I had ever heard of before. It was absolutely amazing to see a rapid like this at this low level, and get a chance to take a good look at the riverbed that forms those two massive holes at higher levels!

The top of the Clear Creek Narrows at an extremely low water level. Gives you a decent idea of the character of the riverbed.

Rigor Mortis on Clear Creek during the winter, at an extremely low water level of 28 cfs. I was visiting the area to ski at Breckenridge, and took a detour along the way in order to see this class 5.3 rapid at lower water levels then I had ever heard of before. It was absolutely amazing to see a rapid like this at this low level, and get a chance to take a good look at the riverbed that forms those two massive holes at higher levels!

Behold the true horror of what lies just under the water of the Rigor Mortis rapid. This would not be a fun rapid to run upside down...

Rigor Mortis on Clear Creek during the winter, at an extremely low water level of 28 cfs. I was visiting the area to ski at Breckenridge, and took a detour along the way in order to see this class 5.3 rapid at lower water levels then I had ever heard of before. It was absolutely amazing to see a rapid like this at this low level, and get a chance to take a good look at the riverbed that forms those two massive holes at higher levels!

Rigor Mortis on Clear Creek during the winter, at an extremely low water level of 28 cfs. I was visiting the area to ski at Breckenridge, and took a detour along the way in order to see this class 5.3 rapid at lower water levels then I had ever heard of before. It was absolutely amazing to see a rapid like this at this low level, and get a chance to take a good look at the riverbed that forms those two massive holes at higher levels!

The top of the Clear Creek Narrows at an extremely low water level. Gives you a decent idea of the character of the riverbed.

A nasty sieve directly to the river left of the second pour-over that forms the major hole towards the bottom of Rigor Mortis. This feature would not be a hazard unless somebody managed to swim into the undercut left bank and go deep, but I figured I would share the picture anyway.

Rigor Mortis on Clear Creek during the winter, at an extremely low water level of 28 cfs. I was visiting the area to ski at Breckenridge, and took a detour along the way in order to see this class 5.3 rapid at lower water levels then I had ever heard of before. It was absolutely amazing to see a rapid like this at this low level, and get a chance to take a good look at the riverbed that forms those two massive holes at higher levels!

Rigor Mortis @ 151 CFS
7/29/2020