The majority of Shade creek is a fairly scenic and nice class III adventure at low to medium levels.
Shade Creek is typically fun for everyone.
There are three sections to run, the upper, middle, and lower. Each section is obviously separated by a bridge. Shade Creek can be a paddled in combination with Clear or Dark Shade above and the Stony below, for a day of paddling fun. Upper section The upper section starts at the confluence of Dark and Clear Shade and ends at the bridge in Hillsboro. This section is roughly 3 miles long and offers some very nice class 3 rapids.