Conditions:Peter's Creek-20241202191822

Latest:	30 Nov 2024 (7 mos ago)

Reported by:	Sanazestan (13 reports)
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Very Low
Wetsuit:	None
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	4 hours

Team: 5 people with experience level Beginner to Advanced

Trip report URL:

Comments: We were hoping for some flow after the rainy days earlier in the week but there was none. One small pool that's easily avoidable. Temperatures were cold in the morning but warmed up nicely.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
4 Jul 2025	Good	Very Low	None	Normal	4 hours	1 people Intermediate to Advanced	DU5TY317 (8 reports)
Comment: Conditions were mild with temps in the mid 60s to low 70s. Quite a bit of brush and overturned trees and branches and weeds all over the place. I believe that I did 7 raps, though there were possibilities for more (and less) if you turn one of them from a 60 ft. to a 90 ft rap. If I had noticed that the downclimb after the 60 footer was very slippy with the super low running water, I would've tried to extend the rap to the extended area since I had enough rope, but I ended up setting up an additional rap since I had already pulled my rope. I also did a CEM off a tree above one of the waterfalls (if there was water) on my 3rd rap, which ended up getting stuck. I ended up going back up around to do the rappel again and just did a double strand rappel. I've only done CEM's on quick links or horizontal logs, so I ended up having the pull strand being overlapped by the rappel strand and the tree's bark being a bit more grippy didn't help. I didn't want to damage the tree, so it was easier to just go back up around. I could've just ascended back up but it seemed a bit easier to just go back up and around, but going around is longer than you think depending on where you're at, so it's likely going to be a lot easier to just ascend back up. Also, good idea to keep track of the gps since I ended up going about 40 feet lower in elevation accidentally since the "trail" going back up isn't exactly very obvious unless you know you're supposed to be going back up. Quite a few places to think about where to set up riggings especially compared to having very few choices in other canyons, so I spent a lot of time just trying to figure out the best way or places to anchor off of. Would be a lot better with at least 2 people to meat anchor and/or extend an anchor from 60 to 90 feet as well as test the pull on the CEM/fiddle stick anchors.
30 Nov 2024	Good	Very Low	None	Normal	4 hours	5 people Beginner to Advanced	Sanazestan (13 reports)
Comment: We were hoping for some flow after the rainy days earlier in the week but there was none. One small pool that's easily avoidable. Temperatures were cold in the morning but warmed up nicely.
2 Jun 2024	Good	Very Low	None	Easy	7 hours	4 people Advanced to Brand new	DesertMonkey (3 reports)
Comment: Took 3 brand new canyoneers down for their first trip. Super chill canyon, great for beginners. Good day out just lots of poison oak. Exit trail was easy to follow.
1 Jun 2024	Good	Low	Rain jacket	Normal	7 hours	9 people Brand new to Advanced	BWylie (24 reports),Ameister (44 reports),Jennj (11 reports)
Comment: Took a large group of beginners for their first canyon today. With air temps in the 60s and low flow, the group was split between rain jackets and wetsuits. We had a surprising number of issues with stuck ropes and R1 and R4. Previously have exited after the short R4, and we should have done it again this time.
8 Jan 2024 Trip report	Great	Moderate	Thin wetsuit	Normal	5 hours	3 people Brand new to Beginner	Counterpoke (1 reports)
Comment: It was my first time canyoneering and thought this place was amazing for me to test out all my gear and to practice ghosting techniques. The highlight was the waterfall marked R2 on this wiki. Thanks to the previous trip report, I brought my 65m rope, so I didn't have any issues with rope length; though it really was overkill for this place.
30 Dec 2023	Amazing	Moderate High	Full wetsuit		5 hours	4 people Brand new to Advanced	Sanazestan (13 reports)
Comment: The creek was running high after recent rains. It was raining today as well. The first couple of raps were lots of fun. The water was cold but air temperature was much more comfortable compared to last year at this time. We had three beginners so we took our time, enjoyed the canyon, and gave everyone enough time to pace themselves. On the last rap, my 90 foot rope (I measure my ropes regularly) which we were using as the pull side was short probably about 10-15 feet, which surprised us given that the beta says the highest rap is 60! We had extra rope to tie to the pull side and were fine but weren't expecting anything higher than 60. Maybe we missed an anchor point lower than the tree we used.
2 Apr 2023	Great	Moderate	Full wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	4 people Intermediate to Advanced	Rbowru (54 reports),Ameister (44 reports),Hillbelfi (33 reports),Jennj (11 reports)
Comment: Peter's Creek still running high after more storms this week! Lots of fun water on the first couple raps. Pretty cold to be in the water with air temps ~45F. We skipped the last rappel and downclimb due to an injury in the group.
12 Mar 2023	Amazing	High	Full wetsuit	Special challenges	4 hours	7 people Intermediate to Advanced	Feroz (34 reports),Boof (31 reports)
Comment: Really fun trip right after some heavy rains. We took our time to have fun and rigged both sides of R1. Coreshot a rope on R1 (RDC option) probably from not being super careful below the pinch point. We also lost a rope bag to the flow below R3.
11 Mar 2023	Good	Moderate	Thin wetsuit	Normal	5 hours	8 people Brand new to Expert	Sqshemet (78 reports),Epeairs (73 reports)
Comment: The day after some levee-breaching downpours, the creek was running high enough to make some of the rappels more challenging.
21 Jan 2023	Good	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Easy	3 hours	3 people	Sqshemet (78 reports),Epeairs (73 reports),Smacame (8 reports)
Comment: It'd been a week of dry weather since a month of solid rain. The creek was still running enough to be fun, though not pushy enough to present substantial challenges.
18 Dec 2022	Amazing	Moderate High	Full wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	2 people	Sri (30 reports),Kirbside (98 reports)
Comment: Peter's creek running in Class C mode after heavy rains Saturday. The second rap is especially poundy. As mentioned in beta, there is no fixed anchor material in the canyon, but plenty of natural anchor options.
3 Dec 2022	Ok	Deep pools	Thin wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	3 people Intermediate to Advanced	Feroz (34 reports),Boof (31 reports),JennJ (1 reports)
Comment: Ran it right after the first significant rain of the season. We expected good flow, but Skyline Blvd had way more water flowing than the creek itself. My guess is that the ground was so dry that it absorbed most of the first rainfall.
21 May 2022	Ok	Very Low	None	Normal	3 hours	2 people Intermediate to Advanced	Feroz (34 reports),Boof (31 reports)
Comment: Exploration and documentation trip. Flow was pretty low, noticeably lower than a week ago when we first visited this creek. We ended up doing 6 rappels in total, but some of those could have been downclimbs or handlines.