Homestake Creek

The following pictures are in sequentail order of the entire creek, except for the last and most challenging rapid. The beginning of homestake creek is pretty steep and the water jumbles over rock continuously for the first third of the run
After the final drop of the upper, the creek bends right around a boulder into another continuous steep section. Stay center, then go left for the drop (not shown)
The first significant boof comes after the end of the 'lower upper' section and provides a nice eddy to relax in after the continuous water above. From here on is a gnarly stair case of boofs with rocks in every landing zone
This view of the boof shows the size of the drop. Hug the rock on the right to aviod hitting the rock directly below the drop. This boater has a good angle on the approach. The run in before the drop is virtually flat water at this flow.
This drop lands directly onto two submerged rocks that will hold you and your boat if you don't sneak just to the right of them
This shot provides a good idea of the entire middle section. Three of four drops of comparable size and a few jumbly short steep slides
This is drop (background) leads into a pushy, but short, slide (foreground). Line up center for the slide but head left afterwards
This slide is over some jumbly rocks that throw many boaters off balance. The river wants to push you right, but work left as you come out of the slide. This will set you up for the next big boof
This picture doesn't due justice to the steepness of this drop. It is near vert, but this drop can be run from any angle. The creek gets really tight here and you want to land flat to paddle out of the wash. This tight squeeze is the final drop before the last section which we don't have a picture of. The last section is directly below a large eddy that this drop preceeds. It is considerably steeper then the rest of the run, even the upper section, and many regard it to be the granliest strip of the creek. Locals have named it 'Piece of Shit'.