Lower Clear Creek 6-6-07

Lower Clear Creek is a nice little Class IV run just outside of Golden. The riverbed is all blasted road rock so its sharp and jagged. But when the water gets high, the ugly riverbed gets covered up and the creek becomes nonstop waves and holes. The pictures here show the creek at about 800 cfs. We ran it this evening at 950 and eveybody agreed it was a good time.

The last half mile above the nasty diversion dam is affectionately referred to as the Screaming Quarter Mile. Here is the entrance:



The middle part of the SQM. The first ledge that is visible has a great boof on the left.



As the SQM winds down, its time to find a eddy (don't be too picky) and portage the diversion dam. As usual, this picture makes it look much better than it looks in person. There is a fine line on the right that can be run, but take a good look at those holes before committing.