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Date: 30 Jun 2004 14:24:30
From: Aaron
Subject: Skykomish or ????
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Hi,
My girlfriend and I are going to be in Washington State from around the 15th
to the 20th of July and are looking for a nice, somewhat challenging river
to raft with a guide. I emailed a guide about Skykomish but he responded
and said that the Sky will be too low to raft by mid July unless they get
rain. He suggested the Suiattle, which I understand is a pretty calm,
family oriented type trip. Anyone have any suggestions for an exiciting
Washington river trip anytime around July 15th - 20th?
TIA,
Aaron
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Date: 02 Jul 2004 04:19:17
From: David Herman
Subject: Re: Skykomish or ????
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:24:30 -0700, Aaron wrote:
> Hi,
> My girlfriend and I are going to be in Washington State from around the
> 15th to the 20th of July and are looking for a nice, somewhat challenging
> river to raft with a guide. I emailed a guide about Skykomish but he
> responded and said that the Sky will be too low to raft by mid July unless
> they get rain. He suggested the Suiattle, which I understand is a pretty
> calm, family oriented type trip. Anyone have any suggestions for an
> exiciting Washington river trip anytime around July 15th - 20th?
July is likely to be a pretty dry month in WA, Depending on your luck the
Sauk might be running. You could pray for rain, That would bring the
Skykomish up and possibly the Green. Another possibility is the Nooksack
although I mainly remember running it in ust.
You are right, the Suiattle is a pretty tame trip, there are a few
interesting bits but its not really an adrenaline machine.
You could have a fun time on alot of these rivers in an Inflatable kayak
even if they are to low for a raft, the Sky in particular could still be
fun in a IK.
One last suggestion, alot of the British Columbia rivers become runnable
as things dry up in Washington, 2 particular suggestions are the
Nahatlach (approx 4.5) hours from Seattle and the Thompson (approx 5 hours
from Seattle) rivers. I've done each of these rivers as single (but long)
day trips. You haven't boated until you have run the Nahatlach. (Its kind
of like a 1 day Illinois river trip). The Thompson on the other hand is a
Big water playground.
I have no affiliation with, nor am I specifically recommending the company
linked below, but you can find some good info and photos on their site.
http://www.reorafting.com/site/rivers_and_activities/nahatlatch/canyon.html
Both these rivers are definitely worth the trip if the water levels are
appropriate.
Hope this helps
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Date: 03 Jul 2004 13:50:23
From: Marcos
Subject: Re: Skykomish or ????
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How about the White Salmon up at BZ Corners, WA? I was up there last
ust and it looked like it had plenty of water and plenty or
rafting. Any body know how that river would be running?
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Date: 05 Jul 2004 17:11:05
From: Scott M. Knowles
Subject: Re: Skykomish or ????
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mark_chilton@hotmail.com (Marcos) wrote in message news:<d3bde6f0.0407031250.5bf497ac@posting.google.com >...
> How about the White Salmon up at BZ Corners, WA? I was up there last
> ust and it looked like it had plenty of water and plenty or
> rafting. Any body know how that river would be running?
You can get the latest flow at:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/current?type=flow
You can use the "Predefined Lists" to get specific river basins and
related information. Many of the rivers in Washington are lower than
normal partly from a less than normal late winter-spring snowpack and
partly from a faster snowmelt, many upper elevations areas completely
clearing of snow sooner than normal. More information and links are
at:
http://wa.water.usgs.gov/nwis_imgs/
Good luck.
--Scott--
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Date: 04 Jul 2004 16:10:04
From: David Herman
Subject: Re: Skykomish or ????
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On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 13:50:23 -0700, Marcos wrote:
> Re: Skykomish or ????
> How about the White Salmon up at BZ Corners, WA? I was up there last
> ust and it looked like it had plenty of water and plenty or rafting.
> Any body know how that river would be running?
I've never run it but I seem to recall it as being runnable most of the
year.
I'd suggest checking out Jeff Bennett's "Whitewater Rivers of Washington"
see ya
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Date: 02 Jul 2004 19:23:41
From:
Subject: Re: Skykomish or ????
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On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 04:19:17 GMT, David Herman <ob1@yifan.net > wrote:
>On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:24:30 -0700, Aaron wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> My girlfriend and I are going to be in Washington State from around the
>> 15th to the 20th of July and are looking for a nice, somewhat challenging
>> river to raft with a guide. I emailed a guide about Skykomish but he
>> responded and said that the Sky will be too low to raft by mid July unless
>> they get rain. He suggested the Suiattle, which I understand is a pretty
>> calm, family oriented type trip. Anyone have any suggestions for an
>> exiciting Washington river trip anytime around July 15th - 20th?
>
>July is likely to be a pretty dry month in WA, Depending on your luck the
>Sauk might be running. You could pray for rain, That would bring the
>Skykomish up and possibly the Green. Another possibility is the Nooksack
>although I mainly remember running it in ust.
>
>You are right, the Suiattle is a pretty tame trip, there are a few
>interesting bits but its not really an adrenaline machine.
>
>You could have a fun time on alot of these rivers in an Inflatable kayak
>even if they are to low for a raft, the Sky in particular could still be
>fun in a IK.
>
>One last suggestion, alot of the British Columbia rivers become runnable
>as things dry up in Washington, 2 particular suggestions are the
>Nahatlach (approx 4.5) hours from Seattle and the Thompson (approx 5 hours
>from Seattle) rivers. I've done each of these rivers as single (but long)
>day trips. You haven't boated until you have run the Nahatlach. (Its kind
>of like a 1 day Illinois river trip). The Thompson on the other hand is a
>Big water playground.
>
>I have no affiliation with, nor am I specifically recommending the company
>linked below, but you can find some good info and photos on their site.
>
>http://www.reorafting.com/site/rivers_and_activities/nahatlatch/canyon.html
>
>Both these rivers are definitely worth the trip if the water levels are
>appropriate.
>
>Hope this helps
It's been decades since I've done this, so don't take my word for it -
But look into the upper gorge of the Green River (in Wash.). My
recollection was at low water parts of it channel to still produce a
fun run.
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