North fork Cispus
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Topic: North fork Cispus
Posted By: mcruni2000
Subject: North fork Cispus
Date Posted: 30 May 2010 at 8:38am
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If anyone is/has been interested in running the NF, I can put your curiosity to rest....... It was a two-and-a-half mile log portage. I think we probably portaged 20-25 times in 2.7 miles. I don't think this section will be clear of wood in my lifetime. Just thought I'd spread the word.
Ryan ------------- It looks like it goes, but I'm not the guy who's gonna prove it! |
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Posted By: water wacko
Date Posted: 31 May 2010 at 8:58am
| Thanks for the thankless work of discovering this useful beta Ryan. We, not unlike yourself, found some wood in the upper 2.5 miles of Johnson Creek. The guidebook warned it's a loggier section. I think we boated about 400 yards of the first mile. It took us three hours to do the run. Unless you're looking for a REAL different kind of boating trip, hit this one. More wood than any OP run I've been on (or any other for that matter). I am still glad I did it. Now I have a personal standard for "more timber than I would prefer to kayak around". |
Posted By: mcruni2000
Date Posted: 31 May 2010 at 4:25pm
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Yeah.... that sucks. I've read the description for Johnson, and seen some TR's from a time when it was wood free, and it looks awesome. Maybe I'll forgo that one until someone does it again and posts a wood free TR. Maybe I'll get out to Summit Creek and see if it's wood free! ------------- It looks like it goes, but I'm not the guy who's gonna prove it! |
Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 31 May 2010 at 7:51pm
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guys, thanks for the heads up! I'm removng both from my "to do" list! Too bad you had to find out the hard way. One good turn deserves another: Yall don't need to waste your time with the Upper Hamma Hamma, either. It's not just that there is a lot of woodin it (there certainly is) but even the "clean" rapids and drops are not "clean"- they are junkyards of the sh*ttiest basalt rock you can find anywhere. ------------- 🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋 |
Posted By: Travisimo
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2010 at 12:14pm
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Can somebody send me a TR for Johnson when it was clean? I did it in 2003 http://cascadeclassics.org/Kayaking/Johnson/Winter03/Johnson_Winter03.htm - http://cascadeclassics.org/Kayaking/Johnson/Winter03/Johnson_Winter03.htm Even way back then it had the largest logjam I have EVER seen... even puts the new canyon creek one to shame. ------------- H2O please |
Posted By: wallyworld
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2010 at 4:49pm
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I see my less-than-rosy N.F. Cispus alert from last May went unread. I know what you went through, and I'm sorry. Them's some big trees in there too!! ------------- let's go get it |
Posted By: mcruni2000
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2010 at 7:06pm
I read it when I got home, and wished I'd read it pre-trip. We were planning on doing the NF, and then Yellowjacket afterwards. We were so dead tired that we just drove back to Portland, tails between our legs. It's cool though, I need to get in shape for a Tshletshy!!! ------------- It looks like it goes, but I'm not the guy who's gonna prove it! |
Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2010 at 3:24pm
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yeah- man! Tshletshy is on my hit list too.
It's funny- I get all excited about putting beta up on the pages here, but before I go out to run something new, I never really check any online beta. Hell I don't even check the guidebook anymore! I should. What good is all of this info if we never use it? Particularly where a Suffer-Fest Alert is warrented.
Anyway, upward and onward, Ryan! ------------- 🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋 |