NF Snoqualmie access
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Printed Date: 18 Sep 2025 at 12:55am
Topic: NF Snoqualmie access
Posted By: JoesKayak
Subject: NF Snoqualmie access
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2011 at 5:02pm
NF boaters take note...
Starting Jan 1 you will be required to have a permit to access the river via Hancock Timber property (which includes the put-in for Ernies and putin and takout for the class 3 run)... even if you're walking in.
Hancock has been charging for vehicle access for years, but starting next year it will cost you to walk in. Vehicle permits are $225 and non-motorized access permits are $75 for 2012.
http://hancockrecreationnw.com/snoqualmie/about/about-snoqualmie
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Posted By: dave
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2011 at 9:00pm
We need to rally a trip on the class III section sometime, I only want to run it once just to see what it is like, and enjoy it.
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Nomad
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Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2011 at 9:11pm
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You should. It's a great little run. A little easier than MM. I'm hoping to get in there at least once before year is out.
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Posted By: phil
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2011 at 1:11am
Even worse, it's per person, not just one permit for the vehicle.
Charging $225/person/year to access a rather large swathe of western WA makes me so f**king angry I don't even know where to start.
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Posted By: fiddleyak
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2011 at 8:13am
Thanks for the heads up, that's a bummer. Just another tax on recreationalists. Pretty lame that it's going to further discourage people from getting to experience an awesome place so close to Seattle.
Like Joe said, at 900 cfs the upper Class II-III run is super high quality. Fairly continuous with lots of big boulders in the river. I highly encourage everyone to check it out especially now since the legality of hiking out is in jeopardy.
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Posted By: dave
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2011 at 8:13am
Let me know when you are planning a run up there, I would love to get up there with someone soon.
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Nomad
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Posted By: BRoss
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2011 at 8:56am
I'd like to get up there too to run the class 3 stretch - that run in the Bennett book has always caught my eye
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"That boated a lot better than it looked." "It always does until it doesn't."
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Posted By: Jule
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2011 at 9:31am
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Me too, keep me in the loop. I'm coming up on a 2 month staycation, gotta fill it with something!
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