Conditions:Dry Creek-20250601012133

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Latest:

31 May 2025 (4 days ago)

Reported by: Hangtime (32 reports), TexasLorenzo (22 reports)
Quality:

Great
Waterflow:
Moderate Low
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Wetsuit:
Thin wetsuit
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Water temperature:
Difficulty:
Normal
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Time: Time3.png 5 hours Bar3.png

Team: 2 people with experience level Intermediate to Advanced

Trip report URL:

Comments: WOW- what a ride…took the East Fork bushwhack approach, will update beta, took about an hour. The 2 tier 1st drop is quite nice. We broke it up into 2 raps. The 2nd is like a baby dry creek falls! Inflow rap free hanging for about 60 ft! The creek walk after that was over run with logs and fire debris, the rocks are super slippery. The crux rap RM2 is great, being able to climb under the roster tail is cool. Watch out for the log across the bottom of the rap. Stripped most the old anchor webbing from the run and ghosted some of it. Set a new anchor for RM1 and RM4. Left the two webbing anchor for RM2. Now is a great time to run it! As to be expected, there is quite a bit of rock and log hopping post fire but thankfully not largely effecting the quality of the rappels.



All condition reports


Date Quality Waterflow Wetsuit Difficulty Time Team Reported by


Great

Moderate Low
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Thin wetsuit
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Normal
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Time3.png 5 hours
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2 people
Intermediate to Advanced
Hangtime (32 reports),TexasLorenzo (22 reports)
Comment: WOW- what a ride…took the East Fork bushwhack approach, will update beta, took about an hour. The 2 tier 1st drop is quite nice. We broke it up into 2 raps. The 2nd is like a baby dry creek falls! Inflow rap free hanging for about 60 ft! The creek walk after that was over run with logs and fire debris, the rocks are super slippery. The crux rap RM2 is great, being able to climb under the roster tail is cool. Watch out for the log across the bottom of the rap. Stripped most the old anchor webbing from the run and ghosted some of it. Set a new anchor for RM1 and RM4. Left the two webbing anchor for RM2. Now is a great time to run it! As to be expected, there is quite a bit of rock and log hopping post fire but thankfully not largely effecting the quality of the rappels.




Amazing

High
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Full wetsuit
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Special challenges
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Time3.png 8 hours
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7 people
Intermediate to Advanced
Tiffanie (139 reports)
Comment: This is now one of my favorite canyons in the gorge. The waterflow was very high but there were no swimmers and no hydraulics at the bottom of the drops. The last section is committing and cold but completely amazing with the tall walls, the turns in the canyon, and the high flow waterfalls. Rappels require comfort with rappelling to the side of raging waterfalls and directly in the flow. We rebuilt all the anchors but the deadman will likely need to be re-built on the 2nd to last rappel. The approach is steep but don't let that deter you from this amazing canyon! I'd strongly advise against going into this canyon if the waterflow is any higher.




Unknown

High
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Full wetsuit
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Tiffanie (139 reports)
Comment: We hiked up to the base of the falls and found that the water flow was about 2x more than the picture in canyoneeringnorthwest.com beta. Since the flow seemed strong and the canyon had a reputation for being slotty, we decided to run Mist Falls and Munra instead.




Great

Significant
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Full wetsuit
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Special challenges
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Time3.png 6 hours
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2 people
Advanced
ET (1 reports)
Comment: Bushwhack route makes two hours seem like four. Low snow-pack and unseasonably warm weather made this trip possible.