Matheny Beta (upper+middle)
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Topic: Matheny Beta (upper+middle)
Posted By: Jason Orange
Subject: Matheny Beta (upper+middle)
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2014 at 11:27am
We are considering a trip to the OP this weekend to run Matheny. Has anyone been on it recently? If so, what is the wood situation?
Thanks,
J
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Posted By: jalmquist
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2014 at 12:40pm
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As of mid November is was pretty clean. One easy step-around (logs) in the upper just above the lead in to Shark's Fin is all I remember. Of course, that was 3 months ago...
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Posted By: Jason Orange
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2014 at 12:51pm
Posted By: SOPBOATER
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2014 at 10:53pm
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upper will likely be low by the weekend. the lower may be a better bet.
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Posted By: MN Mike
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2014 at 11:21pm
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We were on the middle section last weekend. There was one limbo log that won't be a problem except at EXTREMELY high flows and the rest was clean. The put-in for the middle is a bit tricky if you're putting in off NF030 (off of 2433). The trailhead is a little before the bridge and although it is flagged with colored tape, it doesn't look like much of a trailhead. You'll do a bit of bushwacking and be sure to have ropes as the last bit of gradient is more than you'll want to carry down. Beautiful little piece of river.
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Posted By: BIGWATER
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2014 at 6:28am
We ran lower Matheny twice on Monday with the Quests at 13k and dropping , was a nice medium low flow, water was just comeing over the rock upstream of the bridge. The lower is totally clean. I haven't been in the upper this season yet. But if you do head out to Matheny for some low flows this weekend don't forget about the lower, it has 2 great canyons and has way more rapids than the middle. Many people pass up the lower thinking it must be more mellow then the middle, but it's not. Running Matheny top to bottom is an amazing day. I like around 7k to 12k on the Quests for the upper (any higher and shark fin starts to get really sticky). For the lower I like 12k to 50k on the Quests, it can be run much lower but it gets boney. High flows on the lower is quality, clean, big rapids, one of my favorite runs.
I bet there is snow near the top of the road to the upper this weekend, also always bring a saw in the car, I almost always have to cut a tree out of the road when I go to Matheny.
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Posted By: AdamG
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2014 at 9:59am
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