After a pretty routine and quick run down Muddy Creek on Sunday, Brenton, My Dad and Myself decided to check out some relatively unkown creeks in the Holtwood area that seemed to have some decent gradient. After some driving around and looking at the Topo map, we found ourselves on the Tucquan Creek, just north of Kelly's Run on River Road.
After some seeing a pretty decent drop at the top, we decided to hike along the creek to see what else was happening down stream. We hiked about a half mile down the creek until we saw the next interesting drop. It was a very narrow tributary to the Tucquan that had a lot of gradient coming down the mountain into the creek. Pending strainers, this would be a sick run into the Tucquan but it would take a tremendous amount of rain to bring it up. I doubt if its ever been run before.
Here's a shot of the bottom of the tributary.... it goes up way higher
After some seeing a pretty decent drop at the top, we decided to hike along the creek to see what else was happening down stream. We hiked about a half mile down the creek until we saw the next interesting drop. It was a very narrow tributary to the Tucquan that had a lot of gradient coming down the mountain into the creek. Pending strainers, this would be a sick run into the Tucquan but it would take a tremendous amount of rain to bring it up. I doubt if its ever been run before.
Here's a shot of the bottom of the tributary.... it goes up way higher
We continued to hike down the creek for a while. Just when it seemed that there was nothing else decent on this creek we started seeing the potential class V water. These drops were very continuous, narrow, and at times, log choked. Still with this in mind, most of these rapids were runnable, but still have potential for pins. We don't really have any clue if this has ever been run. It seems like it would come up with a decent amount of rain, but we're not sure how much it would take to really run it. There is evidence that it does become runnable, but we don't know how often that is.
The First Solid drop we saw
Down stream view of a nice rapid
<-Upstream view of the entrance to the steep section
Downstream view->
After seeing this creek, RLP is definitely adding this one to their list. The next time a storm rolls through this are, we're there. The only problem now is figuring out a shuttle.
-Frank Landis
The First Solid drop we saw
Down stream view of a nice rapid
<-Upstream view of the entrance to the steep section
Downstream view->
After seeing this creek, RLP is definitely adding this one to their list. The next time a storm rolls through this are, we're there. The only problem now is figuring out a shuttle.
-Frank Landis
