Guess Creek,
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State Highway 146 to County Road 20
| Usual Difficulty |
III-IV+ (may vary with level) |
| Length |
8.5 Miles |
| Avg. Gradient |
100 fpm |
| Max Gradient |
250 fpm |
River Description
Beautiful creek set in the most remote wild area of Alabama, The Paint Rock Valley. Unfortunatly
like many Cumberland Plateau Creeks it flows above and below the stream bed.
We observed good flow at the take out at Blue Springs [250 cfs] and good flow at the put in. But
the entire flow disappeared at the first good box canyon leaving us hiking down a bone dry creek
bed. After a day of hiking dry stretches interspaced with some sections with decent water we made
it to the bottom where we observed the entire flow emerging out of Blue Spring.
A very beautiful run but it would need to be flooded to make up for all the water going
underground.
Latitude/longitude coordinates not assured.
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2005-02-03 01:00:11