Thinking of trying section above middle middle Snoqualmie with my 10yo son...
That or powerhouse. Anything longer or more fun with no wood hazards that can't be easily avoided?

The SF Sky is absolutely gorgeous and class 2!

Oh yes! The Sauk - SO gorgeous... Yesterday at 1110 CFS I paddled from Clear Creek down to Darrington Mill. Only 3 miles, but really fun II+   Easy choices: just stay left at every island.

You could do it twice or plan to take out at way down at Sauk Park, or a little sooner: the Bridge just after The Suiattle joins in.

The BEST was the 9 miles further up: from Bedal Campground to Whitechuck. The Sauk is still crystal before the glacial till of The Whitechuck blends in.    But be warned: the very last run, in sight of the bridge, is probably a IV... (That sound right?, those in The Know?). But it's short and we just swam out after our inevitable flips...

Buzz - when we went down Sunday, there was a scrape or three, so it would be nicer with a little more flow, which, today, now, is up to 1220...

Re wood: never had to carry, though there were maybe four times where attention was mandatory to make the right choices. When isn't it?!? And the first few miles have some stuff that was the hardest I've negotiated, after lower Sky, both forks of the Stilly, and that lower Sauk from Clear Creek, all agreed upon as Class II mostly, so that upper upper Sauk must be at least II+ or III-.... But relative to all of it, the boulders and drop at the end was something else for sure. Really fun and intense for where we're at. There's a foot trail leads to right above it and I want to spend a day looping that section before the water is gone.

Buzz - have you paddled down from Whitechuck yet? How do those sections compare to the drop above the bridge?

Dude! I’m in.   I had some excellent Class III honing last weekend on The Wenatchee, and have been eyeing that Skagit as The Next Big Thing. But want to do it with some companeros!

Noon, then At the put in? (Goodell Creek boat launch), or the take out, and we can coordinate shuttles from there? I take my plated dirt bike in the back of my pickup, so I can self-shuttle, or...


Takeout
At mile 111.7 on Highway 20 there is a dirt road (NPS Road 213) leading south to the river (it's just before you reach the Ross Lake Recreation Area sign). Follow the dirt road and take the left fork to a takeout about 200 yards from the highway. Parking options are limited here. Leave room for others including commercial rafting groups that use the takeout. If you have a large group, extra vehicles should be parked at the put-in.