Don't forget about the Millers
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Topic: Don't forget about the Millers
Posted By: ChristianKnight
Subject: Don't forget about the Millers
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 11:01am
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Both the East Fork and West Fork of the Miller could be good Saturday. Both require a little hiking, though, not much. The West Fork is steep with massive granite boulders and sufficient eddies (considering how steep it is). The East Fork is more of a bedrock run with slides, waterfalls and some pretty cool rapids. ------------- Catch your eddies, Christian |
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Posted By: JayB
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 12:52pm
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The slides and waterfalls must be on the upper EF?
------------- -Jay |
Posted By: tradguy2
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 3:01pm
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Christian - the EF sounds like something I'd be in the mood for but there is nothing on it here or on the AW site. Any more beta, comparable runs. Will it be high, low, etc? ------------- ... preparing for a river beating! |
Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 8:53pm
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Posted By: tradguy2
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2011 at 7:47am
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Thanks Joe, I got some beta from someone who has done it before. ------------- ... preparing for a river beating! |
Posted By: ChristianKnight
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2011 at 9:23am
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Scott, Brett, Alex and I ran it yesterday. The water level seemed about right. Maybe a bit high for some stuff ("Drag Strip," the obvious one below the 20-footer, and "Let Me Down" the 30-foot double drop) and a bit low for other stuff (boulder gardens). I walked much more than I did when I went in there 10 years ago. Back then, we ran everything. The run is a lot of work. But the river is unbelievably beautiful and incredibly inspiring.
If you're up to an day-long adventure run with some paddling, I'd highly recommend it. We hiked about a mile up the Dorothy Lake trail to the bridge and put in at the top of the slide. This section down to the trailhead was, by far, the steepest, richest and most arduous section. From the trailhead down to "Smoothie," the big slide (it's obvious) the run is a bit easier and requires much less scouting and portaging. "Let Me Down" is in this second section, as are a quadruple ledge drop in a canyon, a double drop, a 10-foot Horseshoe ledge and, of course, Smoothie. ------------- Catch your eddies, Christian |
Posted By: Fish
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2011 at 9:01am
| What a great experience, the EF Miller has some incredible rapids, massive slides, and stout drops. I took some pics and video of our run Saturday, check out the gallery!!! |
Posted By: JayB
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2011 at 10:08am
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Thanks for adding the photos and the run description - was always curious what was up there. Looks like an incredible stretch of water for folks who are at that level.
------------- -Jay |
Posted By: Fish
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2011 at 10:35am
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http://youtu.be/TYAWxjN45Os?t=55s -
http://youtu.be/TYAWxjN45Os?t=55s
http://youtu.be/ZRnd1hvMOJM - http://youtu.be/ZRnd1hvMOJM
Some video i took on EF Miller. The first video is the put in slide, its much taller than you can see from the bottom. The second video is Alex probing a really tough lead in to a 20 footer. Brett has more epic footage that will be included in the video he is making, so this is just a teaser. Enjoy!
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Posted By: Fish
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2011 at 10:56am
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This is a video of the in between boulder mank class V on the EF Miller. There was lots of this in between the portages and the goods. Alex showing how to utilize the Cascade bouldermank handboof.
http://youtu.be/oTRUfDez6go - http://youtu.be/oTRUfDez6go
This video is the second drop of the run. Notice the huge slide in the background that we had just run, so epic!
http://youtu.be/5IY6MbbeK_k - http://youtu.be/5IY6MbbeK_k
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Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2011 at 4:26pm
 
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Posted By: GHannam
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2011 at 11:31pm
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Great videos, Fish!! I have to agree with Joe-- your comment was a perfect finishing touch to that clip |
