Conditions:Archer Creek-20190318001851

Latest:	17 Mar 2019 (6 yrs, 1 month ago)

Reported by:	K arc (363 reports)
Quality:	Ok
Waterflow:	Moderate Low
Wetsuit:	Thin wetsuit
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	4 hours

Team: 3 people

Trip report URL:

Comments: Road, surprisingly, has been plowed up to the top so we were able to shuttle. Road in good shape, but watch for blind corners on the way up. Started hiking in the snow, but quickly dropped out of the snowline. Dropped in at the right and the going was good for about the first half. The lower half of the canyon has experienced major tree carnage, however, after the recent winter snow-pocalypse event and there's debris everywhere which takes Archer down several notches on the "fun" scale. Might want to give the creek a few years to clean out before attempting it again. Other than that temps (air & water) were perfect. Enough flow to be enjoyable, but beginner-friendly.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
8 Jul 2023	Poor	Low	Thin wetsuit	Special challenges	5 hours	3 people Beginner to Advanced	ClayShad (8 reports)
Comment: Archers Creek is a masochist's dream right now. There is so much blow down, log jams and brush that it is a constant slog without out much fun. Several of the rappels are now downclimbs through log jams. We think we bypassed the big 120 foot rappel at R6 because it was just a constant stack of log jams with no discernable safe rappel. We scrabbled DCL along a vague game trail to get around it. The anchors were all still good and we added a couple of out own. Overall, although it's always good to get out and canyon, this one is not worth it. It's just too much work fighting the log jams and brush. I'm rather beat up after this one.
23 May 2020 Trip report	Ok	Low	Thin wetsuit	Easy	7 hours	3 people Intermediate to Brand new	Scott Allred (2 reports)
Comment: Took my dad and brother down this canyon while everything else was in high flow. Fairly mellow rappels with straight forward anchors. There was a lot of salmon berry and devil's club to push through and logs to crawl over. On a hot day the wet suit would be needed more to protect you from bushes than keep you warm. Fun for once canyon.
9 Feb 2020	Good	Moderate	Thin wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	2 people	K arc (363 reports)
Comment: Great water today -- the upper falls were nice & splashy. Unfortunately, the creek degenerates past the giant old growth stump and becomes a woody mess at the bottom. Need to get a chainsaw in there to take them out. Would be a marvelous creek, if not for the blow-down.
17 Mar 2019	Ok	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	3 people	K arc (363 reports)
Comment: Road, surprisingly, has been plowed up to the top so we were able to shuttle. Road in good shape, but watch for blind corners on the way up. Started hiking in the snow, but quickly dropped out of the snowline. Dropped in at the right and the going was good for about the first half. The lower half of the canyon has experienced major tree carnage, however, after the recent winter snow-pocalypse event and there's debris everywhere which takes Archer down several notches on the "fun" scale. Might want to give the creek a few years to clean out before attempting it again. Other than that temps (air & water) were perfect. Enough flow to be enjoyable, but beginner-friendly.
4 Nov 2017		Low					K arc (363 reports)
Comment: Stopped by to check out flow rate, but ran Archer West instead.
28 Jan 2017	Good	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal		3 people Intermediate to Advanced	K arc (363 reports)
Comment: First descent? Surprisingly nice little creek. Did 10-12 rappels, plus numerous downclimbs. Worthwhile early season objective to get back in the game. 1hr up; 6hrs in creek.