Bear Creek

Heard several boaters made an 11'' run Nov. 2006, some new wood in lower but all avoidable at that level on that day. Major windstorm later in month so be aware..

Heads up for locals; there is a piton rock in the

second ledge in 'snakepit' (just below

Fishbowl) and the right exit rock is now

undercut since 2004 hurricanes. Consider

scouting. Tree below Surrealistic sneak. And

a left slot between Big Bang and Revelations

has a nasty pin rock in it now - drive left or run

the center ramp instead.

CW

from Boatertalk:

Bear 20'' 4PM - usual suspects (brad, todd, mark, brent, lane, bryce) doing laps. New

Forum: BoaterTalk

Date: Dec 08 2004, 8:25 GMT

From: ClayW

Finally made it down and it was every bit as good as remembered.

There's 'new' wood in the surrealistic sneak (runnable?) and an 'new' undercut on the right in the rapid below Fishbowl (Snakepit) and above Knockin on Heaven's Door. Meltdowns in Cosmic Trigger, Corey ran left at Big Bang, then surfed Revelations (on my directions). Logs in left channel at Armagaddon (still) but squeeky clean down from there.

65 degrees - in December? Love this season!

Clay

AW negotiated access to the Bear in 1995. Support AW for keeping classic steep creeks like the Bear open!!

The river left channel is now clear of trees, but back when it wasn't this was the only line in center. Boulder on right is severely undercut.
Stairway run, 'back in the day'. (get those old-schooler arms down, Jascomb).

The boulder drops just below Momentary Lapse of reason on Bear Creek, Ga.
From Daniel Talley:
'That one picture with the tree in it is from Surrealistic Pillow. This is
after Edward Scissor Hands and the first large rapid that you come to. We run the far right crack that ends with a ten foot drop, which is what the picture shows.'