I hiked into the bridge at the myrtle lake junction about 3-4 weeks ago and ran down to anthem creek before deciding to hike out (solo and a wee bit high at 1300). I have local beta that suggests the good stuff is immediately below anthem including a 20 to 30 foot waterfall. I made 2 wood portages but it looked like that would have been perhaps 4+ with lower water. Made 1 portage around a ledge with a decent toilet action. At 1300 there were no exposed boulders in the river bed, few eddies but seemed perfect flow otherwise (well except for being alone and not knowing what was around the next bend). Lots of fun class 4 (V- with lack of eddies?). I was thinking 800 would be a better go for exploring. The river is deceptively gorged out, albeit not very deep for most. I have a few pictures if you want. It was a good adventure and I'd do it again...

Edited by brianmaier - 23 Jun 2014 at 6:29pm