Wolf Creek
01. Downstream from Highway 160 Bridge
| Difficulty | IV+ |
| Length | 0.7 mi |
| Avg Gradient | n/a |
| Reach Info Last Updated | April 19, 2009 |
River Description
From Gordon Dalton
You can see this short run from roadside. The first drop is a slightly tilted waterfall immediately after exiting a tunnel under Hwy. 160. The LZ abruptly trickles into some shallow, woody rapids which go for about 100 yards before falling over a second, vertical 20-footer. Take-out after that drop, scramble back to the vehicle, and continue on to your next adventure.
PUT-IN: Highway 160 makes a sharp hairpin turn just North of the Treasure Falls turnout. Put-in above the culvert where Hwy. 160 crosses Wolf Creek. There is a little drop right above the tunnel that is runnable.
TAKE-OUT: After the second waterfall. Runs above this section, and down to the West Fork have apparently been made (reports are of log choked class V). (The lat/longitude coords of the takeout are approximate.)
!!!NOT JUST A HIKE OUT, pretty bad scree field after the second 20fter. -Cody Howard
River Features
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Trip Reports
Log in to add a reportThere is no way this creek is a class 4+ run, and I am no easy grader. Maybe just this section below the 160 bridge to the 20 footer, but this creek has plenty class 5++ to offer above the 160 bridge starting from the first small pond a few miles down from the ski resort in the Wolf Creek pass. There even seems to be a few unrunnable box canyon falls inbetween the resort and the 160 bridge. When I scouted this run it was hard to even get close to them, but I would estimate their hieght to be around 50 ft. plus easly. There is also some less difficult but still class 5 calaber whitewater below the 'second falls'. This run continous with good gradient and plenty more vertical all the way down to the valley below; which I believe is mostly private property.
This is the next fall directly below 'second falls'. Ruffly 20 ft. in hieght(though it is hard to tell from the top of the gorge). There is a big cave on the right that alot of water washes into during higher, more runnable flows. There is plenty of class 5 boogy that follows below.
Runnable?
Maybe good for Ice climbing?
The first drop on Wolf Ck, immediately after exiting the 'tunnel of love.'
The second big drop on Wolf Creek.
This is the second 20ft. spout. Fun drop, bad hike out after this. -Cody Howard