Lower Bear Creek, Alabama (Teddy Bear)

I've been eager to explore this creek so when a local friend told me we could get down as low as it was, I couldn't resist. I'd call it 1 below zero on the bridge gauge. We ran the lower section and paired it with a decently high Chairlift section of the Little River Canyon at 1700cfs. Video of that to come...

[@SchaeferYaks]

All the narrow sections looked fun AF

[@dylancarr1036]

It’s steep and fun as hell. This was extremely low flow. I hope to catch it again this year around 4”. This was like 0 on the bridge marker

[@SchaeferYaks]

@@dylancarr1036 I need to start knocking down some of the Bama runs like this and LRC

[@dylancarr1036]

Hit me up sometime. I’ll be glad to show you down LRC and Sand Mountain.

[@SchaeferYaks]

@@dylancarr1036 hell yeah! I'll definitely take you up on that offer 🤙🏽

[@alowatsakima8950]

Funny story. We met at CMP. New paddler to join us. Loaded up kayaks and just as we started to leave, new paddler said he left his PFD at home. I gave him mine and we headed off to the river. Great day

[@bamagirl4234]

This prattville Al girl loves yall !

[@dylancarr1036]

Haha! Thanks! I’m ready to run this one again at higher water. Classic Alabama Class 4 creek.

[@Wavetrains]

Nice!! Do you remember what the flow was that day? I know they do scheduled releases in the summer.

[@dylancarr1036]

John Goode, not this Bear Creek. This is a class 4 that runs into Little River Canyon in Dekalb County. This is a natural flow creek. Most people refer to this run as Teddy Bear or Bama Bear.