Cool- I think brett is workin a partial day fri (?).
I will probably roll out tomorrow. Waiting for our Ombudsman to pronounce a plan of sorts, but it sounds like we are converging at Matheney Creek.

Hoping it doesn't drop out on us-
Some fronts will continue to move through thurs and fri. Most of the river graphs show a drop followed by a bump back up later on friday.

Forks' forecast calls for rain throughout the weekend, and the larger models show a slightly drier trend sat and sun compared to thurs and fri.

So it's looking like I'll be able to head out Fri morning for a lap or two on Jefferson first. I'm going to look through and see what could be running (this could be a long list) from class III-V on the Matheny side of the OP for the weekend. Right now, for Sat, if it looks good I'd like to get on the Sitkum if it's low enough. The Sitkum is a 2.5 hour drive north from Aberdeen, so we'd have to start early.

That said, Jan. 1er surf is looking playful, as well......

The OP has breaks to explore, and offshore winds all day. But that is four days from now. Breaks can be fickle.

So here are some options I think will be good over the weekend. I'm doing some quick posts and you'll have to follow up to see if the run is to your liking, but if it's listed this way: Calawah forks II+ to IV that means there are multiple runs rated II+, up to IV. And the rating is for the whole run. If there is no beta on this site americanwhitewater.org has a lot of O.P. beta as well. I've learned recently Sam's has become a 4 mile hike. The Korb Book also has many descriptions of these runs.

North of Matheny
    Calawah forks II+ to IV
    Sitkum III to V
    Bogachiel II+
    Sam's IV-V
    Hoh forks II to III
    Quinault II


Matheny south
    Matheny III to IV+
    Clearwater II to III-IV
    Sollecks III-IV
    Stequaleho II-III (V+)
    Humptulips forks II to IV+
   Wynoochee II-III (V)


My A list is Jefferson Fri, the Upper Upper and/or Upper SItkum for Sat. Matheny Sun. I'm totally open to other suggestions and will go with the flow if the flow goes another way. I've done both already. Sam's in another A list possibility for Sat, but it is going to be a 4 mile hike to the put in.

That's what I got. These are all predictions. Mother Nature gives the final call. What says the peanut gallery? I'm sure I missed some runs that will be in that zone and running.

Hey BIGwah, would you mind updating the beta on these rivers? This isn't my zone even though I love the OP, and don't know the road system that well. What's your A list? Are you on for Jefferson tomorrow?

Since I'm making lists (and I know more people are coming than who've posted) here is one more. These are the folks planning on coming. Please post if you're coming and what rivers you want to hit so everyone can see and plan accordingly. It's Thursday night and time to show your hand. You might just choose a run someone else wants to get on, but doesn't know about.

Is Matheny camp also Clearwater CG? I've never picked a group camp spot out there. Also, it might be helpful for people to put there numbers up on this thread. It's possible to take a wrong turn once you get out there and not a lot of roads are marked well. Having phone numbers is a GOOD thing. ;) Cell service isn't great either.

    Both days:

James
dave
AdamG
septimus prime
jP
D1
jalmquist
water wacko
BIGWATER
brig
GHannam

    Sunday:

Mr Grinch
SOPBoater

    Maybe no days?
PaddleGirl
MKeppler
rpmmax
myak

My number is: two woah 6 three 53 five won 01

This is my A list, and like I said before I'll go with the flow if the group wants something else.

Fri: Sam's or Sitkum
Sat: Matheny or SF Calawah or Sollecks
Sun: Matheny or EF Humptulips or Fool's Canyon

hey i just got back from Jefferson creek ... good med. flow .. duno if it will have water tommoro was dropen fast ... but it may rain a ton tonight

if it rains crazy and the nassele or moshpit are in i think thats what ill do tomoro .... if there is no rain ... sams may be good ... altho unless you leave supper early  its gona be a rushed day .... may be best to do some matheny stuff on Fri so its more chill and think about sams next day since you can camp there and have a nice early start ...

alright, i'm in for sunday for sure. 

hey paddlegirl ... come out for the fun !.... but if you are driveing out sun. morning , make sure you leave supper early... like 5 or 6 am so you can hook up for the first run of the day , if we are camping there we may be starting early since daylight is limited this time of year ... or we may be all hung over i duno

kim and i might head out saturday afternoon and meet up with you guys, should be a good time!

i'll probly head out sat sometime too and try to locate the PP basecamp...!

I hear ya jp, but I don't think I'm gonna be making it out Friday night, or ass early Saturday.

So I'm thinking of doing the nf snoqualmie sat then shoot on over to the op basecamp.. or I might not actually paddle sat and shoot on over to the op sat afternoon.

I'd love to camp at matheny and run matheny on sunday.... pool drop style creeking is my fave. I'm not a big fan of high water levels with big holes... I'm open though, all of these runs are new to me except for middle matheny.

Oh, yeah, by 'easy' I mean class IV or less and runnable by mortals (suck boaters like myself) in playboats.

Also, where is the encampment planned?