Dry Creek Waterfall Paddle

We try to paddle out to the Dry Creek falls on Lake Sonoma every April. This year the lake is full, so we made the paddle early. With the lake so full we were able to paddle right up to the "Shangri-La" area right below the waterfall (usually it's a half mile hike with the water level at normal).

 

About 11 miles round trip.

 

 

Dry Creek Waterfall Paddle

Our annual paddle out to the Dry Creek Waterfall at Lake Sonoma.

 

Typically we do this in April before the creek warms and fills with algae. With the late Spring rain storms we had, the lake is plum full and the creek water was running COLD!

10+ miles round trip and this year we were able to paddle within about 200 feet of the falls, so there was not much creek hiking.

Cherry Creek Paddle & Hike

The early mornings continue to be sunny and warm, so I was back on lake Sonoma for a fun little adventure paddle.

 

From the Yorty Creek access, I paddled out to the main lake body, then up the Cherry Creek arm. I continued to the mouth of Cherry Creek, landed the kayak, and continued up the creek, using it as a water trail. I got pretty far, turned around and retraced my track back to the put-in. 

About 8.5 miles round trip.

The Dry Creek Waterfalls

The water Level at our local Lake Sonoma has risen enough that we reasonably felt we could make it to the Dry Creek Waterfalls. It took some boat hauling and it was a long day, but we made it.

We didn't climb up to the main falls because we have done that several times in the past, but spent the time swimming to deep pools and sunning on the rock.