Conditions:Snow Creek-20240629171153

Latest:	22 Jun 2024 (11 mos ago)

Reported by:	Willie92708 (997 reports)
Quality:	Amazing
Waterflow:	Extreme
Wetsuit:	Thin wetsuit
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Special challenges
Time:	12 hours

Team: 2 people

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Comments: We hiked up from the valley floor on the snow creek trail. A the junction, my partner went to check the flow in Snow Creek, while I got water and got eaten by mosquitoes near Teyana creek in the woods there. He returned saying it was dry, but I figured it would still have pools of water and I really did not believe it could be dry yet. The climb up 3000 feet was getting brutally hot (we should have started earlier), but thanks to multiple small water crossing, we kept cooled down and made the climb in 2.5 hours. Once up near Snow Creek at the top, I could hear the water flow from 300 feet away. Upon inspection, it was obvious that the flow was extreme (see creek pic). We decide to continue down the creek, knowing that is was mostly wide, and hoping there was not narrow parts that we could not avoid. I had lots of webbing, quick-links, Fiddlestick and a bolting kit (if needed).

It turned out to be no issue to stay out of all the waterfalls, although we did have to get wet crossing over the flow many times and a few deep wading pools, even a swim in there. I had a wetsuit, but did not put it on, since we were in the water so little of the time and the air was hot. We replaced some old webbing on a few rappels, but mostly used my Fiddlestick to get down. We remove all the all webbing and cord as all of it was toast. We got my fiddle stick jammed on the 1st rappel using it, because I put the stick in backwards so the pull cord was going through the stone knot. It was easy enough to climb around and figure fix this.

Even though we had to avoid the waterfalls because of the extreme flow, the run was amazing as the waterfalls were endless and the 250 foot tall main attraction was stellar (see pic). The huge rooster tail on the big slab was crazy (see pic)! Overall, Snow Creek was so worth the effort, even if we ran it as a class B canyon, when it was in extreme class C mode.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
22 Jun 2024	Amazing	Extreme	Thin wetsuit	Special challenges	12 hours	2 people	Willie92708 (997 reports)
Comment: We hiked up from the valley floor on the snow creek trail. A the junction, my partner went to check the flow in Snow Creek, while I got water and got eaten by mosquitoes near Teyana creek in the woods there. He returned saying it was dry, but I figured it would still have pools of water and I really did not believe it could be dry yet. The climb up 3000 feet was getting brutally hot (we should have started earlier), but thanks to multiple small water crossing, we kept cooled down and made the climb in 2.5 hours. Once up near Snow Creek at the top, I could hear the water flow from 300 feet away. Upon inspection, it was obvious that the flow was extreme (see creek pic). We decide to continue down the creek, knowing that is was mostly wide, and hoping there was not narrow parts that we could not avoid. I had lots of webbing, quick-links, Fiddlestick and a bolting kit (if needed). It turned out to be no issue to stay out of all the waterfalls, although we did have to get wet crossing over the flow many times and a few deep wading pools, even a swim in there. I had a wetsuit, but did not put it on, since we were in the water so little of the time and the air was hot. We replaced some old webbing on a few rappels, but mostly used my Fiddlestick to get down. We remove all the all webbing and cord as all of it was toast. We got my fiddle stick jammed on the 1st rappel using it, because I put the stick in backwards so the pull cord was going through the stone knot. It was easy enough to climb around and figure fix this. Even though we had to avoid the waterfalls because of the extreme flow, the run was amazing as the waterfalls were endless and the 250 foot tall main attraction was stellar (see pic). The huge rooster tail on the big slab was crazy (see pic)! Overall, Snow Creek was so worth the effort, even if we ran it as a class B canyon, when it was in extreme class C mode.
9 Oct 2022	Good	Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	13 hours	4 people Beginner to Advanced	Rbowru (54 reports),Epeairs (70 reports),Smacame (8 reports),Mokapot (3 reports)
Comment: Hiking this canyon from the valley is the way to go! We got a late start and moved at a moderate pace, so we ran out of daylight on the last rap, but stoke was high throughout. Wetsuits weren't needed until the swims at the start of the second rap series. We rebuilt anchors and were able to retrieve the gear lost the previous weekend. The 5/8" webbing and the accessory cord anchors should be replaced by whomever runs it next.
30 Sep 2022	Ok	Low	Full wetsuit	Advanced	13 hours	3 people Beginner to Expert	Reiternick (35 reports)
Comment: Waterfalls are fabulous. Route finding and down climbing moderate difficulty. Rope pulls were heinous. Multiple stuck pulls. Lost 4 ropes total! Webbing on fixed nuts looked good but one part snapped with body weight. We found maybe 3 built anchors of the 11 raps. Ghosted one and crafted the rest. Ideally needs MCs and bolts at the lip, (alpine rope technique) to avoid rope eating cracks. No drills in yosemite so noone is going to invest hand drilling all of that which is a shame cause this has potential as last poster mentioned to be really great experience. Careful on the rap to the nut anchor, you can rap to the pool but the nuts are actual DCL. You could pull your rope into the pool then climb to the nuts which would be sketch. We jumar’d back up and rerigged rap hugging DCL to nuts. Safer approach but caused rope stuck.
20 Sep 2014	Great	Swimming	Rain jacket	Normal	8 hours	7 people Advanced to Expert	A. Anderson (33 reports)