Wolf Creek, Alabama, US
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Rt. 176 to Little River
| Usual Difficulty |
V+ (for normal flows) |
| Length |
0.5 Miles |
| Avg. Gradient |
600 fpm |
| Max Gradient |
600 fpm |
Gauge Information
River Description
Wolf Creek is a very short run with almost non-stop difficult rapids. The creek starts off with a
big waterfall and continues down to the Little River with some monsterous gradient. Basically this
creek needs no description because if you are good enough to be considering hard and dangerous
class V+ rivers then you can figure out how to get down Wolf Creek. If you are not a serious creek
boater go somewhere else.
"This Wolf has no really reliable gauge. You need to look at the creek to check if it is running.
Realize the canyon will probably be at a scary huge level and you will be running Deep Throat at
some screaming high level. Wolf Creek is hard to describe adequately. It is a typical very steep
limestone sandstone creek. There are several drops that I'd advise portaging. A few are probably
not runnable, or at least not really healthy to run. If you are good enough to make the creek
just remember that it flows into the Little River about a quarter mile below Humpty Dumpty.
Takeouts include the Chairlift or the Canyon's mouth."
Will Reeves, Nov. 2002
see also www.alabamawhitewater.com
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2002-11-10 19:55:24
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User Comments
culvert on Canyon Rim Road/Rt 176. Best seen from river right. Last year we checked the creek
during a high water day to see if it was running. We walked down to the waterfall and looked
downstream, it was too low to run. So I marked the culvert wall. Based on that mark (8") I would
assume that somewhere over 1 foot would be minimum to run Wolf Creek.