Big Creek (Tributary of St. Joe River)

The shuttle road for this run is closed just below the standard takeout because the bridges have been designated unsafe for full-sized vehicles. You can get around the gate with standard sized ATVs (but not with wide UTVs).

Typical rapid on the Middle Fork of Big Creek after the hike in. I took this from one of the larger eddies we encountered.
S-Turn Rapid (15 min down from put in). Mike caught an eddy on the right because just out of view downstream is a riverwide log jam (see log jam photo)
Potage around river wide log jam. Small eddies above the log jam and its at the end of S-Turn rapid (no good view of the log jam at the start of the rapid).
This is the hike to the put in on the MF Big Creek from the end of the road. It follows a pack trail for about 2 miles and goes up about 600 vertical ft at the highest point.

Typical section of the MF Big Creek after hiking in. Just down from the put in.
Big Creek after the confluence is about twice the volume.