Latest:	8 Aug 2020 (5 yrs, 9 mos ago)

Reported by:	Norhex (24 reports)
Location:	Olallie Creek
Quality:	Amazing
Waterflow:	Moderate Low
Wetsuit:	Full wetsuit
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Team: 7 people

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Comments: Climbing up to R8 isn’t bad, probably-do-not-fall zone, but the rappel line sucks. May have been better to use a full 200’ and pull from R7 to R9, though the beta says the pull here is bad too. On stage two of R13 we found 20’ of a stuck rope in a pinch on DCR. Then we got ours stuck in the spot. I went back up and knocked out the rock causing the pinch, try to pull your rope DCL. I was able to free climb and stem up without gear, goggles highly recommended. Very cold water for August.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
27 May 2026		High		Special challenges	5 hours	3 people	Reiternick (45 reports)
Comment: For lower Apparition falls in high flow: halfway down the rap on DCR is a nice platform where you can stand, get off rope, and jump 15 feet to pool to avoid getting hammered in the flow. Have to jump forward at least 8 feet but its not difficult. For those that dont want to jump, it looks like from this same platform you could hook your leg DCR into a chute and rap inside this small channel to avoid being pendulum’d back into the flow.
27 May 2026	Great	High	Drysuit	Special challenges	4 hours	3 people	TexasLorenzo (52 reports)
Comment: Exciting canyon in current flow, log anchor rebelay is now set with webbing and QL. This canyon sports one of the best jumps in the PNW imo! Creek walking is also quite pretty and grippy! Tried zipping packs down the crack rappel which proved to be quite annoying, looking back it’s easier to just keep ur pack on rather than risking it getting snagged on the log mid rappel like mine did. Challenging and fun canyon!
24 May 2026	Amazing	High	Thick wetsuit	Special challenges	6 hours	10 people Intermediate to Expert	Coops (157 reports),Hendbc (24 reports)
Comment: High flow run. R2 rock pinch/cairn reinstalled. Crux was lower apirition falls. First down was pummeled hard, so meat-anchored a guided rappel for everyone else. Trees still at base of upper apirition. R1 & final jump in good condition.
9 Aug 2024	Great	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal		6 people	K arc (407 reports)
Comment: Great to return to Olallie after a couple of years. Some improved anchors that let you run the flow now. Still would be worth following up with the park eventually re: bolting (long-term project) as some anchors are not well-situated and their position could delay/complicate a rescue. Inspect the R2 anchor carefully before use. The webbing will be underwater even at low flow and the boulder has some very sharp edges. The webbing will likely be destroyed in the next flood event, becoming trash in the watercourse. (This is just one example of a drop that could benefit from bolting.) Apparition Falls: currently it's possible to rappel directly down the chute and under the giant old-growth log. Use caution when pulling your rope here as it looks very easy to get it stuck.
3 Aug 2024	Great	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	5 hours	8 people Intermediate to Advanced	Briwellman (95 reports)
Comment: Fun day in the creek. The pull at Apparition gave us a little bit of trouble due to the tail end dropping and getting tangled in the logs. We were able to free the rope while pulling from above and detangling from below.
6 Jul 2024	Amazing	Moderate High	Full wetsuit	Special challenges	8 hours	3 people Beginner to Intermediate	Kiwisimon (3 reports)
Comment: Great day in Olallie. Didn't do the upper section. Flow was moderate-moderate/high. Cairn anchor on rap 8 should be considered marginal. Built an anchor on DCR side for rap 10. Easy pull. Rap 11 has purple webbing. Anchor itself is fine other than the bright color. We broke apparition up into 3 stages. Third stage of appiration has webbing around a large tree at the top of the landing. Easy pull from the pool below. Jumped R16.
3 Aug 2023	Great	Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	7 hours	7 people Beginner to Expert	Brdn.gonzales (47 reports)
Comment: Olallie was fun with low flow. On the approach we were deciding if we should do the Upper section or go straight into the Main section. We opted for the Upper, it was pretty, but the lack of memorable features made it a one or done for me. Apparition Falls were spectacular and by far the most enjoyable part about the canyon. All anchors looked good, but be sure to check the webbing on some of those rock cairns on R8-9; rock is sharp!
7 Jul 2023	Amazing	Moderate High	Full wetsuit		5 hours	2 people Advanced	Shoffman225 (14 reports)
Comment: Full Ollalie. What an amazing place. All anchors in great shape, and if they weren't we replaced them. Apparation falls was the technical crux. We replaced the mid-station anchor, and didn't love our options for slung rocks but made do.
19 Sep 2021	Amazing	Low	Full wetsuit	Normal	7 hours	6 people Advanced to Beginner	Briwellman (95 reports)
Comment: This creek is awesome!! The flow was lower than we would have liked but this is such a beautiful canyon. Love it!
4 Sep 2021	Good	Low	Full wetsuit	Easy	6 hours	4 people Advanced to Expert	Michelle (60 reports)
Comment: We ran the full Olallie, and wished we hadn't because the upper section really detracted from the overall experience. From the start of the main technical section to the end the canyon is just great. Above it though has lots of climbing over logs and such in the canyon, and mediocre rappels. The upper section had no webbing whatsoever, although the lower section had webbing on every drop. We also ghosted the upper section except for R3.
24 Aug 2020	Good	Low	Full wetsuit	Normal	7 hours	8 people Beginner to Intermediate	Beccap (49 reports)
Comment: The water levels were noticeably lower than 2 weeks ago. The 0.15" rain received two days prior surely got sucked up by the dry forest - I doubt any of it even made it to the creek. Even at low flow, Olallie is fun and beautiful, and very beginner-friendly. Despite the noted abrasion hazard of R8 (and the advice to rappel direct from R7-R9), we chose to use R8 for line-of-sight purposes with new canyoneers. There are a number of anchor options for R10 - pretty much every pinch is slung if you look hard enough. We found one very close to the corner, making the pull less stressful. This is the first PNW canyon I've been in where I've seen a full rainbow of webbing. Having gotten used to black-webbing-only, the colored webbing was a bit of an eyesore to me.
8 Aug 2020	Amazing	Moderate Low	Full wetsuit			7 people	Norhex (24 reports)
Comment: Climbing up to R8 isn’t bad, probably-do-not-fall zone, but the rappel line sucks. May have been better to use a full 200’ and pull from R7 to R9, though the beta says the pull here is bad too. On stage two of R13 we found 20’ of a stuck rope in a pinch on DCR. Then we got ours stuck in the spot. I went back up and knocked out the rock causing the pinch, try to pull your rope DCL. I was able to free climb and stem up without gear, goggles highly recommended. Very cold water for August.
25 Jul 2020	Great	Moderate Low	Full wetsuit	Normal	6 hours	7 people Intermediate to Advanced	Andrewsandstrom (46 reports)
Comment: Gaia accuracy on the hike up was spotty, full bush wack into upper put in. Most webbing was gone & replaced. Several ropes got stuck but were all saved due to ugly cracks. Upside down log in long rappel will keep your rope when pulling. maybe put a bolt there and shorten the pull. very pretty canyon but marginal rappers. 2nd time down and will probably not repeat. Parking lot fills very quickly
24 Aug 2019	Amazing	Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	6 hours	5 people Intermediate to Advanced	K arc (407 reports)
Comment: Wow, what a terrific canyon. Even at low flow, it's a joy with the amazing geology and great rappels. Dropped in just above the main technical section. Rappelled R7 and R8 from the same anchor; pull not too bad. Would be great if some of the drops could be bolted; need to look up park regs on bolting. Found remnants of several anchors (e.g. webbing) washed down presumably from somewhere higher in the canyon. Low water anchor on R10 goes around a corner, beware rope pinching fouling up your retrieval. There is a hidden anchor on a chockstone just before the rappel goes vertical. You can climb down to it. This anchor is in the watercourse, so may need periodic replacement. Ran Apparition in two stages per the lovely pile of woody debris in the middle. Still managed to get the tail of the rope stuck during retrieval. Applied the old "brute force" technique with three people yarding on it. Loud snap above and suddenly this giant piece of wood is pinwheeling it's way down towards us with no way to get out of the way. Fortunately, it fell on the opposite side of the log, so all was well. Continued on with no further issues. Terrific canyon -- I'll be back!
14 Jul 2019	Amazing	Moderate	Full wetsuit	Normal	8 hours	8 people Intermediate to Advanced	Tiffanie (139 reports)
Comment: We were trying to just run the technical section but dropped in higher than planned which added 4 short rappels and some easy stream walking. Flow is moderate, no hydraulics. R7 and R16 can be jumped if you are so inclined. R7 also makes a really fun slide assuming you rappel a couple feet out first and slide the rest ;) Please remember to check depth! This is a really fun canyon!