O'Bannon Creek

Gibson Road to Little Miami confluence

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July 31, 2018

Trip Report

ReporterAaron Bird

R2'd today in an RMR Cloud9 after a night and morning of constant rain. Put in at 1180 CFS, took out at 600. O'Bannon was dropping fast after peaking at 2900 CFS. Hard boaters ahead of us had a bit more water through their run, but this range has LOTS of fun waves and nice holes. Door #3 opens into wood. Doors #1 and #2 open into vegetation or wood. This rapid is a mandatory carry in a raft. Some kayakers maybe could slip through in the main channel, but it would be sketchy. It was sketchy enough to line our raft through the downed trees. None of the holes in this run were overly sticky for us and we had a great time punching right into their mouths and through them. Other than no doors being open at Door #3, it was a fantastic run.