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La grande canyon Printed From: ProfessorPaddle.com Category: General Forum Name: Whitewater Forum Forum Discription: Open Discussion Forum. Whitewater related subjects only URL: http://www.professorpaddle.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15809 Printed Date: 26 Sep 2025 at 1:59am Topic: La grande canyon Posted By: imageAK Subject: La grande canyon Date Posted: 27 Mar 2017 at 7:35pm the Grand Canyon of the nisqually is running! ------------- aint nobody got time for that! Replies: Posted By: ENDO Date Posted: 30 Mar 2017 at 2:39am Is the Army Corp letting people into the run now? I thought access was closed Posted By: imageAK Date Posted: 30 Mar 2017 at 2:21pm saw pictures come out of it like December 2015? ------------- aint nobody got time for that! Posted By: fiddleyak Date Posted: 31 Mar 2017 at 7:07pm I've run the La Grande Canyon at 1100 and 500. Hiked out at 1300 on my first run at X Falls, in retrospect it was doable but I don't regret the decision because downstream there is a crux portage at a landslide. May be difficult at 1300, and it could change anytime. The possibility of an unrunnable/unportageable situation exists. 1100 is V-V+, 500 is IV-V and still enough water. If there was a release I would advocate for flows of both 1000 and 600 to accommodate different skill levels. Putin is challenging. You don't have to cross any No Trespassing signs but it requires some bushwhacking. PM me for details. Takeout is a mile+ hike on a legal road just downstream of the powerhouse on river right. I argued that this run should be in the guidebook. If more paddlers ran it there would be more people to advocate for releases. Decent whitewater and great scenery make this run worth it. Typically the releases are at 1300 then they occasionally step down the flows over a few days (like right now) so there are rare days where it flows below 1000.

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