Wildcat Creek

Wildcat Creek is a much smaller sibling of Cascade Creek and thus a good run early season or on a wet year. It sports over a dozen rappels, if you want to stay in the water all the time as the creek zig-zags its way down over many waterfalls. The descent below is much more straight down, but often is adjacent to the watercourse.

From the parking pull-off 37.72443, -119.71827, head more or less straight toward R1 at 37.72366, -119.71721, instead of following the creek from directly under the bridge has a lot of brush.

Work you way down past a short staircase waterfall and a brushy sloping trough corner (DCR) until you reach a rounded slab and can see down into the valley, including Hwy 140: R1: 80' from a single bolt down the low angle slab staying DCR near the water, then hop over the water to several big trees. R2: 150'? from a big tree with webbing anchor R3: 120'? from a rock horn with webbing well DCR from the water course R4: 175' from a huge tree DCL of the water course on the next slab pour over; the "money" drop and banner photo R5: 80' from a pinch point with webbing, down the moderate angle slab. Follow the water course trough angling right, to an expose location at the edge of the drop-off. R6: 150'? from two bolts on a flat rock above head level, not visible until you get there R7: 80' from a chock stone with webbing in a chimney and up over the ridge of rock; note: there is poison oak at the bottom of the drop. From here you need to work your way down several short downclimbs and drop-offs, through the sometimes thick brush, and all the poison oak. R8: 90'? ghosted from a tree in the center of the dual cascading waterfalls. Use the waterfall and pools at the bottom to rinse off the poison oak oils!