New toutle.
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Printed Date: 19 Sep 2025 at 8:19am
Topic: New toutle.
Posted By: imageAK
Subject: New toutle.
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2015 at 5:03pm
Cant provide more detail till she gets back down to like 3-4k.
but after a high point of 64,500 theres gonna be lots of new features in probably all the rapids.
The whole river was rumbling beneath us at 45k and dropping yesterday & at least one huge house size boulder slid into the river after stair steps.
And the huge boulder R.right in the top part of hollywood spun to the left after the last 30k flash a few weeks ago, so it may have moved further left with this one
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Posted By: scapmando
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2016 at 10:45am
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How do you think the 'New Toutle' charactertics will be at 1500 cfs or less? Better/worse/easier/more difficult?
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Posted By: olyyakker
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2016 at 11:37am
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Having paddled the Toutle for 20 years, I doubt it changed much at all. 1500 is a great first time level. Flatwater section will be cold.
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Posted By: imageAK
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2016 at 11:53am
Well considering I've paddled it at least 50 times in the past year and having paddled it since the last high water event I can confidently say that every rapid has changed substantially.
Not any harder but very different.
But then again thats just first hand account, nothing like 20 years of experience that would trump first hand account...
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Posted By: imageAK
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2016 at 11:59am
Several routes that previously contained most of the water flow at levels below 2000, in the braided areas, have much less water because of erosion of the stream bed in the other channels.
So at the tripple fork, left used to be best now middle or right is best.
The second rapid after hollywood has a hole that extends from river right to the middle of the river now.
Stair steps and tempest are both entirely different with much bigger staggered holes in different locations than before.
Oh and most of the rapids have new and fun sneak routes... But other than that & a ton of detail I left out... Its the same old toutle.
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