I have to say I strongly agree with Jonathan's general statement. However, I will also point out that I have run it as low as 4.5' or so, and with the exception of a few really manky places I was surprised at how fluid it actually went. That said, that was in 2008. And as any Robe Runner with their salt knows, as frequently as the river bed changes, there is no gaurantee it is still that clean at those absurdly low flows. Garbage most certainly isn't.

 

The conventional wisdom that 5' should be the basic cutoff still holds. But 4.9' will do if you are particularly hard up and nothing better is running.

 

On another note, what I'm really psyched about is all of the traffic on the Robe Watch Thread this year, all without my prodding and encouragement. Hell I hardly post here anymore.

 

Robe is THE best, most frequently runnable class V staple for the Seattle-Bellingham zone. It is great to see people getting out on it. Hopefully more of the local clss V boaters in the area will come out of the woodwork so we all have a greater pool or boaters to run with during these last minute, weekday afternoon runs that will be occuring over the next few months...

 

Honestly, for boaters on the cusp of class V, you can't go wrong with the Truss and Ici, provided you're with someone who can really keep an eye on you.

 

Jon