Whitewater Forum: South Fork SnoQ Sunday

South Fork SnoQ Sunday

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Topic: South Fork SnoQ Sunday

Posted By: Mr.Grinch
Subject: South Fork SnoQ Sunday
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2014 at 7:30pm

I've been waiting for a weekend with flows like this on this reach, I heard it is pretty fun when it's up. Hoping to bolt down the trail and look for wood early, then a scouting lap followed by a fun lap. Anyone? It's always up when I'm working.

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Posted By: Kiran
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2014 at 7:50pm

I am IN

What time do you want to meet ? 10AM ?? At the takeout bridge ??

I have paddled it at levels from 600cfs to 1800cfs

It's a fun quick run

Posted By: mokelumnekid
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2014 at 8:56pm

I was hoping to hit it later, going to be at a pool session prob can't get there much before 12:00ish

Posted By: Riff
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2014 at 9:01pm

I wanna play! pm'd Grinch for details, standing by.

Posted By: Mr.Grinch
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2014 at 9:55pm

I heard 11 at the take out.

Only issues I've heard of are wood, though I heard some of it has moved and isn't as much an issue. That was the report from someone's run Thursday. Tomorrow? Who knows, the level is already climbing quite well.

George, you could meet us and join the second lap, yes? I don't know when the first lap will finish, but after noon I bet.

Posted By: mokelumnekid
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2014 at 10:00pm

Sounds good, if I'm not there by 11:00 I'll try to scramble to be there for lap number 2. But if somehow I'm not, don't wait. I'm assuming the take out is 436 st bridge.

Posted By: Kiran
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2014 at 7:07am

Woah! It's past 2500cfs. Wood territory. I am passing

Posted By: mokelumnekid
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2014 at 7:29am

Sorry yep, passing as well.

Posted By: Mr.Grinch
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2014 at 8:36am

Yeah, it's off.

Posted By: Kiran
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2014 at 9:33am

Hmmmm

Chris, I thought you would be there..... ;-)

Posted By: Mr.Grinch
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2014 at 11:45am

Meeting people at the take out (bridge, I think) at 1 to walk the trail while the level drops a bit more and running if all looks good.

Posted By: Dale
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2014 at 11:48am

He'll be there.

1:00 at the 436th ave se takeout.

Posted By: mokelumnekid
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2014 at 10:16pm

Wood report? Did you run it?

Posted By: Dale
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2014 at 9:00am

All the much talked about wood was either covered or gone.

There's a couple new logs a hundred yards or so below the first foot bridge. This is right across from the little amphitheater that is on river right. Though we had scouted from the river left trail before the run and saw these logs, I think they would pretty easily be seen by alert class III paddlers. We eddied out on the left below the bridge, above the wood and close enough to get a good look at the wood. It's a wide shot on the left and was easy to pass the log and get back to the middle to avoid some questionable water features below the logs on the left.

I think the Alice gauge was reading 2400ish by the time we put on(3pmish). I would call the difficult parts of the run easy to moderate class III. It was nothing like hard class III. Though the water was pumping, it was still pretty manageable for class III paddlers. It had that pushy feel like water does when it's getting out of the banks and into the trees but it's still sorta mostly a class II run, getting a little out of hand. :-)

Though there were fewer eddies, our group of 5 still managed to all eddy out together several times and even a couple of times in the canyon.

It's all pretty cool as long as you don't bumble into one of the nasty holes or pourovers, one of which bears a striking resemblance to Cookie Monster on the Middle Middle(is that Surprise?).

Posted By: megspk
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2014 at 11:06am

According to the Bennet book, Cookie Monster is located in a rapid called "Surprise". You are correct Dale!

A good name for that rapid :)

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“A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.” -Unknown

Posted By: BrianP
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2014 at 12:02pm

I love that boof. Especially when it's not a boof but a, "sh*t, there's nowhere to take a stroke."

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