Otter Sports

Upper Lion Creek
River:	Lion Creek
City:	Priest River, Idaho
Gradient:	Very Extreme
Season:	March - July
Volume:	50 - 200 cfs "Low"
Grade:	IV - VI+
Type:	Creek
Length:	Depends
Time:	2 - 6 hours
Shuttle:	Depends
Description:	"Mr. Toad's Wild Ride". This run is a mix of unreal granite slides, kickers, pools, falls, cascades and cracks. The setting is much like the Sierra Nevada's with impressive granite domes and huge Ponderosa's. Much of the upper run worth doing is close to the road so check it out for your self before hand. Wood is a real danger as is high water. Seriously dangerous but seriously fun! P.S. Smith Creek flows before the diversion on the other side of the range can be used to guess the Lion Creek flow.
Location:	All I am going to say is that it is at the upper East end of Priest Lake. If you can't find it yourself, you shouldn't be on it.