A Note on Wood

This information is intended as a warning, not a detailed description. Safe lines and overall danger will change with time and changes in flows. Scout early, scout often, and only trust your life to your own eyes.

Foss River – Current as of April, 2007

Several logs are down directly below Ken and Barbie. You have to hit a perfect line coming off Barbie to avoid it.

A river-wide log approximately a half mile below the railroad bridge requires a portage. Catch an eddy on the right.

Extreme Caution – As of April 2007 there was a log blocking most of a left-hand channel around the island just below the river wide log referred to above. You can get around it on the right, but it takes an aggressive ferry.

There is a river-wide log several hundred yards below the first river-wide log. Portage on the right.

Rapid River – Current as of May, 2007

Multiple river-wide logs down as a result of the November 2006 floods and landslides. They are all unstable and will move. Scout everything and do not run any blind corners.

Canyon Creek (Stillaguamish) – Current as of May, 2007

A small log blocks the right-hand side of the drop immediately below the first ledge. The standard line is well to the left, but this log possesses a severe danger to swimmers and out-of-control boats. Look for it when you scout the first ledge.

Main Skykomish – Current as of July, 2007

A small log is hung up on a mid channel rock above Split Rock. It’s not a significant danger to paddlers, but swimmers could have a problem.

Heheheh. He said wood.