Cooper
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Printed Date: 04 Nov 2025 at 12:38am
Topic: Cooper
Posted By: oukr9965
Subject: Cooper
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2016 at 9:45am
Anyone know if the road to the Cooper is open? Thanks in advance.
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-Lanson
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Posted By: kevinh
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2016 at 10:52am
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cle elum ranger district website said the road was closed 1/4 past the salmon la sac bridge when i checked last week
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Posted By: oukr9965
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2016 at 7:32am
Thanks for the tip. Looked at the website yesterday, says the road to Cooper lake is open and free of snow 1/4 mile up from the SLS hwy.
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-Lanson
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Posted By: oukr9965
Date Posted: 02 May 2016 at 11:56am
We had to hike up from the first larger section of snow covering the road. Shouldn't be too long and it will be gone. There is some wood on river right at the put in slide; just stay center and all is good. Unfortunately my shoulder dislocated and I had to hike out so I can't give a detailed description of the rest of the run, but I was told that the ledge prior to S-Turn has a river wide log requiring a portage. I can say that up through the ledge past norms was clean. Think it's the one after that where the wood is, but not too sure. Have fun out there!
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-Lanson
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Posted By: NateW
Date Posted: 02 May 2016 at 12:33pm
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Yuck man that sucks. The hike out from there has gotta be brutal.
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Posted By: wolovekg
Date Posted: 02 May 2016 at 12:57pm
there is a river wide log at the bottom of the second ledge below norms. Don't run, portage left. S-Turn and Sharks currently clean. Another large limb immediately below the mini-ledge upstream of voodoo. We manked down the right side with the decent flow, if it doesn't flush it might be a portage at low flows. Didn't get a good look.
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Greg
541.840.0807
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Posted By: oukr9965
Date Posted: 02 May 2016 at 2:59pm
The hike would have been extra brutal if it wasn't for all the help getting my boat up to the trail on river left. Once on the trail it wasn't too bad. Got some funny looks from folks doing day hikes, but at least it gave me something to chuckle about.
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-Lanson
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