I did Ernie's gorge (North Fork Snoqualmie) this past weekend and I was disappointed to see two abandoned kayaks.
First off, I hope the kayakers of these crafts were not injured and are safe. My condolences if not and hopes to a speedy recovery.
There was a green kayak abandoned high above the water line on river left in plain view below the large waterfall that runs in on river left.
The second, red kayak, was pinned in the class V rapid above Jacuzzi (not the run in rapid but above that). It was barely visible toward river right. At higher flows, it is probably not even visible.
Access is an issue and it is a gorge but I would like to see these get removed. Obviously, the level would have to drop to probably about 200 CFS to get the red kayak out and wll probably require rope work with z-drag.
I am volunteering to assist in a low water canyoneering trip to get the boats out of there. I think as kayakers it is our responsibility to not leave these in there and create a possible bad situation with the logging company, fishermen, etc on a river with fragile access.
If these are your boats, please pm your contact info and we can try to make a plan to get them out when the water drops.
Maybe there is already plans in the works and it is just a waiting game but I would like to assist if needed. I think both boats could easily be retrieved in one trip and returned to the respected owners.