Mama Bear Falls
Bear Creek (Big Piney trib) - Headwaters to Big Piney Creek (4.1 miles) (AR)
Gauge Conditions
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
"Mama Bear Falls" starts with a 20 yard gentle slide 20 feet wide then drops 15+ feet at a very steep angle as it funnels into a 4 foot wide notch. After leaving the notch the water fans out over bedrock as it pushes toward the left overhanging wall. Eddy out above the next horizon line just around the corner.
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (14)
Rapid
N/A
Put-in Parking
Waterfall
IV
Put-in / Funnel
Rapid
N/A
Drainage: ~0.71 square mile
Hazard
IV+
Rayzr Burn
Rapid
IV+
Boulder Fields
Hazard
IV
Bear Pin
Portage
Logjam
Hazard
V
Bear Claw
Waterfall
III+
Baby Bear Falls
Waterfall
V
Papa Bear Falls
Rapid
IV+
Lower Gorge
Hazard
IV
Bear Trap
Rapid
Take-Out Trail
Rapid
N/A
Take-out Parking
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Headwaters to Big Piney Creek (4.1 miles)
Bear Creek (Big Piney trib)
IV-V(V+)
4.2 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
American Whitewater