![]() The meet went smoothly, and we cruised up to the trailhead, arriving at the out of Wilsonville, tearing along down I5, planning on meeting James and MikeĪt the Swiss Village Restaurant at 7:30 sharp. We had serious concerns about running out of daylight, so Jon, Pete and I were on the road at 6 a.m. Ran Battle Axe Creek in December 2004 after a 'Pineapple Express' rainstorm dumped huge amounts of rain in a very short period of time while Pete Giordano, Michael Long, Jon Fowlkes and I Get very difficult with snow on the rock walls. Many times due to the narrow nature of the rapids ( this run has a fair amount of wood! ) and the portage around S.O.B. No snow on the trail is exceedingly difficult! Note: I would NOT want to do this run under snowy conditions. ![]() To catch this run with enough water ( you need 2,000 cfs in the Little North Santiam at Mehama for Battle Axe to run ) and Oh yeah, I forgot to mention: The access trail goes up pretty high (the highest point on the hike is 2,700 feet), so it gets snowed in pretty early in the winter. All told, you'll be carrying your boat about 7 miles when you run this creek, unless you want to run some class V in the dark at the end of the day on Upper Opal. Will probably run out of daylight by the time you get down to Mill Falls, so plan on hiking out about 1.5 milesĪt the end of the day. Hike to the put-in for Battle-Axe is 5.4 miles total, more if you decide to tackle the waterfalls on the upper. From Jawbone Flat you have to climb just over two miles (with 600 feet of vertical gain) to reach the put-in for Lower Battle Axe Creek, so the There are no roads anywhere near this creek, you have to hike up into the mountains 3.1 miles just to get to the take-out for Battle Axe CreekĪt Jawbone Flat. Ok, so here we go: strap on your hikin' boots! Waterfalls and ledges ranging from 10 to 18 feet tall, tons of narrow, punchy drops with juicy holes andĬlassic moves, and a remote, wilderness feel.īattle Axe is one of two tributaries thatĬome together to form Oregon's classic Opal Creek, flowing down out of the rugged Bull-of-the-Woods Wilderness area.Īccess is challenging for this remote creek, which is probably the reason why it has roared in quiet anonymity for so Permission of the Oregon Kayaking webmaster.īattle Axe Creek has all the elements of a classic creekin' run: A super-cool name ( very important! ), high gradient, bad access, incredible No part of this page may be reproduced, linked, or copied without the ![]() ( For a history of paddlers exploring Battle Axe Creek, see the end of this report. Lower Battle Axe: Trail 3369 to Jawbone Flat: 2.20 miles, 240 fpm - pool-drop, class: IV+ ( V ) Upper Battle Axe: Superbeast Falls to Trail 3369: 1.64 miles, 294 fpm, 1 mile at 370 fpm - pool-drop, class: IV+ to V+
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