Early season ricon mission...Laramie Range

Do or Die

barely wide enough but should go with alittle more water.

Sheep Eater Falls(right is nasty)

couple boofs below do or die is this sweet looking waterfall into a cauldron, 12 footer w/ shallow LZ on the left

standing on the same rock as above looking down stream at the beautiful hidden paradise.

Luke and I went looking for some goods one rainey weekend. After a decent drive through the mud and country side aproaching an ominous mountain we drove to our destination. hiked 2 miles to find that we've been skunked by a a flow 2 inchs lower than needed for a low run through. But found another possible early season classic.

assorted goods

Black Magic Women from Mike Perry on Vimeo.

some mixed vid's; Falls Creek, Grey's River Boatercross, Gallatin River, Middle Fork Popo Agie River, Fremont Canyon and Miracle Mile of North Platte River.

MirAcle Mile, North Platte River

Lukea putting on below Kortez Reservoir

Good ol mirAcle was running high. Luke decided to motivate and we went 2 days in a row after work. It is located about 1.5 hours south of Casper between Kortez and Pathfinder Reservoirs The Platte was being released at 4300 cfs through the Kortez Dam. The run which turned out to be a awsome class III, with one fun IV with possible seive consequences, was a great time and would be fun for beginners. To say the least... miricle mile is good stuff with more than likely anything over 3000 possibly 2400. one really sweet drop to run with a seive and a nasty hole down the gut was the drop immediately after putting in. We were also rewarded with a sweet play wave near the put in. luke decided to name it Miner Delight cause he was sure delighted to find such a sick wave and there's a actual Gold Mine less than half mile south east. don't know the beta on when the wave is running but will try to keep some tabs. just under 4k was good and same with 4300cfs. Multiple take out and put in options are available. BLM camping is available almost down the entire run.

Kortez the Killa(seive on river right)

water coming through the seive between 2 big rocks. entire drop looks pretty small in this pic

Miner's Delight

Box Elder Creek GoPro.....

Freedom = the shit dreams are made of from Mike Perry on Vimeo.

some afterwork video of my favorite run with my favorite boating buddy,David Schmitt.

Poudre River Narrows, gopro camera test

$Cache Money$ from Mike Perry on Vimeo.

Bates Creek, Casper Wyo.

Bates Creek, Casper, Wyo.

IV's,V's(V+, NR)

1st D Pat Toft, Mike Perry 05/02/09

Putin in looking at the south west face of the Deer Creek Range(headwaters)simulator gorge, looking downstream. good class IV, and some techy pool drop V w/pin spots.
After the simulator theres a mile or mile and half of bluegrass veriety III ranch creeking. Some boulders but enough to keep you busy. The walls of the canyon are clearly visable as you paddle up and it gives a sense of adventure, good and bad.... 150 was min for the gorge and 240 would have made it alots of fun. The gorge walls start working there way sooner than expected with the gradient picking increasing till the gorge proper.

Pat Toft Micro Machine

beautiful colors in the gorge.. life is everywhere. and we are livin it.

sorry for the trees, looking down into the already pretty walled up gorge, with view of the canyon rim.

Gobstopper
most of the water inbetween looked like this pretty busy and desperately in need of more cfs.

Pat Toft solitude on Bates Creek.

Pat Toft running don't swim

Captain Crunch unrunnable at anything under 225 cfs to be safe. ledge and rock in the middle left and right could possible go. easily portageable right left at low flows don't know about eddie access when flows come up. more good class V in spots and IV and III for the remaining couple of miles to the take out bridge.

The take out bridge and the level. The top of bottom beam would be ideal and this is why.

overall if i had the option of running this creek again at the same flow id have my shit ready in 2 minutes.. road access does partially limites those with 4 wheel drive only and it is so worth the work. private property so im not going to post access for all on this little gem.. if deer is to high and same with boxelder chance are this could be killer.

Box Elder Creek

SOLITUDE at the Electrik Slide

BOX ELDER CANYON, BOX ELDER CREEK IV,V(V+'s)(NR)

Glenrock Wyoming.

Pics by Mike Perry Boater: Austin Woody

Wild Turkey

Electrik Slide

DungBallFalls


Loaf in the distance, on the right, looking small; almost out. pic By Luke.

Putting on in at the edge of the dense foam ,at the bottom of the second drop. Looking at the hike out and at the top ,next to the rock outcropping, is the parking. Funny Right.