Conditions:Stafford Creek-20240617184421

Latest:	16 Jun 2024 (1 yr ago)

Reported by:	Briwellman (78 reports)
Quality:	Great
Waterflow:	Moderate
Wetsuit:	Full wetsuit
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:

Team: 8 people with experience level Brand new to Advanced

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Comments: Fun day out except we returned to the parking lot and found the back window broken in the lower shuttle SUV. Dry clothes backpack and soft cooler were stolen.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
22 Jun 2025	Great	Moderate Low	Full wetsuit		4 hours	4 people Beginner to Advanced	Fil (36 reports),Briwellman (78 reports)
Comment: Great run with class, everyone had a great time! We started at R4. New anchor and line at the 75 foot rappel is great! Thanks Kevin and Dusty.
14 Jun 2025	Good	Low	Full wetsuit	Normal	6 hours	5 people Advanced to Beginner	Treyshoe (37 reports)
Comment: Low flow abounds, but still a little splashy on the bigger rappels. New anchors are great, especially the re-belay on Stafford Falls. Great line right in the water!
14 Jun 2025	Good	Moderate Low	Full wetsuit			5 people Beginner to Advanced	Tommy23 (15 reports)
Comment: There's some cracking in the rock around one of the new bolts at the rebelay station at R9. Something to keep an eye on.
7 Jun 2025	Good	Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	3 people Intermediate to Beginner	ClayShad (9 reports)
Comment: Ran the full canyon from the tributary drop in (haven't run the top half in a while as I prefer the shortened version). Introduced a friend to this canyon so we took out time and ran the whole thing. I placed a bolt at R2 DCL so now the human anchor is no longer required. It is a Bonier PinGo hanger from HowNOT2 and designed to rappel directly from the hanger so it does not require a quick link. All other anchors in the canyon are good. The webbing at R4 for the inflow rappel is starting to show its age but still good. I added an 8mm Petzl Pulse hole at R5 DCR forward of the anchor so there is some protection for someone (observer/anchor manager) to be able to observe the drop, its about waist high on the rock wall forward of the anchor. The big rap at Stafford Falls is fun even in low flow with the new anchors and of course the pull is a dream now compared to the old tree anchor. We had thin wetsuits but flow is low enough and weather warm enough we were hot most of the time and kept laying in the pools to cool off.
27 Apr 2025	Good	Moderate Low	Thick wetsuit	Normal		3 people	K arc (378 reports)
Comment: Mission with Dusty Gold to update the anchors on the big pitch. Previously, the tree anchor DCL was in a bad position: no visibility down the pitch, and no way to have eyes on rappellers if there was a problem. Tree anchor is now retired. Beta has been updated.
16 Apr 2025	Great	Moderate High	Full wetsuit		2 hours	2 people	Tommy23 (15 reports)
Comment: The royal approach is worthy of its name. Water levels coming down quickly - solid flow but nothing spicy.
12 Apr 2025	Great	High	Drysuit	Normal	3 hours		Briwellman (78 reports)
Comment: Added shortcut to R4 to the beta. Flow gage is reading high and I think that's accurate.
2 Jul 2024	Great	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	2 people Intermediate	PsychoWard (38 reports)
Comment: Great day out at Stafford. Very chill, straightforward canyon with a nice approach and exit if you shuttle. I wore a 5mm, but a 3mm would have been fine; I was getting pretty hot at times. Anchors and webbing were all in good shape. Water was low, but still enough to have a good time.
23 Jun 2024	Good	Moderate	Full wetsuit	Normal	6 hours	7 people Beginner to Advanced	PortlandAlex (7 reports)
Comment: Beautiful trip out. extra time as we practiced techniques. Water levels were great for beginner level - not too strong to be risky but high enough to pay attention. The flowers are popping and quite fragrant. The dippers are present along the creek. still nesting in last waterfall DCL, please use caution and avoid rappelling that line.
16 Jun 2024	Great	Moderate	Full wetsuit	Normal		8 people Brand new to Advanced	Briwellman (78 reports)
Comment: Fun day out except we returned to the parking lot and found the back window broken in the lower shuttle SUV. Dry clothes backpack and soft cooler were stolen.
15 Jun 2024	Good	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal		7 people	K arc (378 reports)
Comment: Mazamas class outing. Added new single bolt to R8 that lets you easily rappel the chute.
14 Apr 2024	Good	Moderate High	Thin wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	5 people Intermediate to Advanced	Fil (36 reports),Chloeloveall (5 reports)
Comment: Sunny day and water temp felt nice. Dropped in at R4.
31 Mar 2024	Great	Moderate High	Thin wetsuit	Normal		4 people	K arc (378 reports)
Comment: Definitely on the high side, but rappels are manageable by an experienced team. Creek is pushy in places where it narrows up. Expect to get hammered by the flow on R9 as the shape of the falls takes you right into the torrent at the bottom. At this level, it's best to reach the shelf about 2/3rds of the way down, then move DCR as much as possible to find a good line. Can be beneficial to have a bottom belay as a reverse tag line to slow folks down if they should go for a pendulum swing.
24 Jun 2023	Good	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal			EMoorcroft (451 reports)
Comment: All anchors looked good. Fun easy flow, pretty canyon. We used the sneak approach and walked up the road. A nice van lifer gave one of us a ride back to the car. Felt like we had the canyon to ourselves until we saw a rope drop behind us in the last rappel. Never saw or heard the others. Good day.
10 Jun 2023	Good	Moderate Low	Full wetsuit	Normal		7 people Brand new to Advanced	Fil (36 reports)
Comment: Great day taking new canyoneers on their first creek. Flow was moderate-low, but seemed normal for this time of year. Rebuilt 3 anchors with new webbing.

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