Anyone interested in paddling tomorrow afternoon? Jason and I will be paddling somewhere. Looking for a decent grade 2/3. He's a great paddler, I'm working on my grade 3 runs. We were thinking middle middle, I have read on here that this section of the river is over/not running?! So does that make it unrunable, too rocky to be fun, just dangerous, or still kayak able, but not it's normal grade 3 fun?! Any pointers on a good run would be awesome!

THANKS!!

Let me know if you are interested in joining!!   

I think I'll probably try to paddle somewhere.

It would be nice if the Middle Middle would stay above 800cfs. People still do a good bit lower than that, but it becomes pretty boat abusive.

Note that at these levels, the Middle Middle is still class III and some of the lesser rapids get more technical as the level drops but it also loses much of it's push.

My second choice would probably be Headworks or Lower Green Gorge. It's a bit easier than the Middle Middle but the main rapids are still class III. 400cfs is my cutoff.

The Skykomish is last, just because it's inconvenient for me. I would suggest running RailRoad Bridge to Big Eddy first and if you like that, next time, put in below Boulder Drop. I think you'll find the stretch from Boulder Drop to Railroad Bridge to be a bit of a challenge. There's more water.

What time frame do you have in mind?

I haven't run the Upper Middle at these levels. I'm guessing low water ain't good for that run.

The Headworks of the Green is a class II+ish run upstream of the Upper Green Gorge. The takeout is at Kanaskat-Palmer State Park(make sure you have your Discover Pass or you can park at the fishing access across the river) and is also the put in for the Upper Gorge. Those paddlers who are feeling like hot sh*t can continue another 1/2 mile downstream through the park for a little class III action. It is pretty low. I'm not sure I've run it quite this low. At 500cfs, there is still a couple decent little surfing spots.

The Lower Green Gorge is a class III-II run that begins at the Upper Gorge take out at Paradise Ledge/Franklin Bridge and ends at Flaming Geyser State Park. At these levels, both of these runs will put you to work seeking the deepest water and avoiding rocks. There is decent little surfing down below 400cfs, but it does get scrappy. The Lower Gorge is beautiful and devoid of houses.

Both of these runs take me just under an hour to get to the takeouts(with clear traffic and no speeding). They are a little over a half hour from Puyallup.

Are you still thinking about a lake session this evening?

Headworks is about 3 or 4 miles long, depending on where you put in and take out.

The Lower Gorge is about 6 miles and would take 2 1/2 to 3 hours to run at these levels, including a bit of surfing and a couple breaks.

I can't make the rolling thing this evening, but I can usually be talked into it. Keep me posted. I certainly need the practice.

I'd like to join you folks if that's OK.  I'm game for any of the river sections you've been mentioning, and can meet up at any time.

Heck yeah, the more the merrier! The meet up spot sounds awesome. I will have to google it to make sure I find it! 3 pm should work. I have my Discover Pass too! Flaming gorge is ON!

Maybe we'll just set the Gorge on fire as well.

See you at 3:00.

Great day indeed. Thanks for luring us out.