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Rapid TX Class III

BORES

Bull Creek - Spicewood Springs Road to RM 2222 (3.3 miles) (TX)

Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 200.0 – 1,250.0 CFS
Photo
BORES
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Short for "Big One, RElatively Speaking", BORES is the only Class III rapid on Bull Creek.  Access is available for park 'n' huck via a public parking lot off of Lakewood Dr. near 360.

BORES is created by a V-shaped limestone ledge.  At high flows, water flows over both sides of the V and creates a large plume in the notch.  Texas Whitewater describes an undercut at river right that "looks nastier than it is.  Unless a tree is wedged in it, bodies and boats generally wash through."  There is a sneak line at river left.

There is 1/8 mile of flat water below the rapid, so a failed roll or a swim here is probably not going to be consequential.

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
2.2 mi
Directions
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Spicewood Springs Road to RM 2222 (3.3 miles)
Bull Creek
II-III 3.4 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater