We’ve been running a lot of people from Rothrock Mill to the Blue River Chapel and even on down to Stagestop Campground on the Blue River. This trip is highlighted with many ripples and a few good rapids as you travel south through Crawford County. Canyon walls rise hundreds of feet above you on the solitude of the river. About three miles from the end of the trip the river passes under the I-64 bridges and soon it stills into a mirror before crashing over the White Cloud Dam. After running the dam, eddy out to the right and climb back up to run it again. After the dam a long series of waves and in lower water some boulders await adventurous paddlers.
Soon the Blue River Chapel appears on the right bank of the river and the first pullout isn’t much farther. If you decide to travel on to the next stop you will run a chute that empties into another long series of waves. One more rapid appears in the distance, go to the right for a fast chute that splashes through a few large waves. If you go left you may bottom out. That is the end of the fun water but on the left bank a long rope hangs from a tall tree. Climb up the rocks with the rope to the first small tree, a rock ledge is convenient to stand on, grab the rope above its highest knot and swing on out for a 25 foot drop into the cool water. Your feet might touch the bottom so be ready.
It looks really high!!!
Tags: Blue River, Rothrock, Stagestop, Trips