Otter Creek (Ohio trib.)
U.S. 60 to Firetower Rd. (6.3 miles)
June 8, 2006
Trip Report
| Reporter | chris stoops |
5-02-06
I ran this creek at 700 CFS as it drained down to 500 CFS. At 700 CFS there is a great surf wave at the putin, it has the best re-run value of any rapid I have ever seen. You only have to walk 10 feet to put back in and catch the wave again. The surf wave at 500CFS splits in two, but I was able to surf it one time still from one end to the other. The boofs at 500CFS start to show exposed rock, there much better at 700CFS. The rest of the trip was not too exciting, but there are tons of wave's, and it was a much different experience compared to Elkhorn Creek. It was like being in the ocean for most of the trip, but we only saw 4 more rapids and most were small. I did however love the gorge, and I thought it was overall better than Elkhorn's. For the takeout we parked at Cedar Hill, and exited the creek at bluehole and hiked not far at all to Cedar Hill. It is only about a 2 hour trip on the creek this way, but leaves us plenty of time to play around more at the puttin(park and surf).
WARNING: There was a creekwide strainer (huge logs from one end to the other) right after Blue Hole. It is only a strainer when the CFS level is 600 CFS and below, and at 700 CFS water flows over it and it's runnable. The Gauge, Pictures, Video's(at 500CFS), and a detailed map, are all listed below:
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Me and my brother went Hiking and Rafting at Otter Creek, and my brother made a huge fully detailed, 5 star BLOG with pictures, and video's of us at Otter Creek; playing in the surf wave (at 500CFS), Hiking, and my brother even tips over boofing in one video:
http://www.rotteneggs.com/r3/show/se/184184.html
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Here is the URL of the Otter Creek Park's Official Trail Map:
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