Stillaguamish, S. Fork, |
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| Usual Difficulty | V (may vary with level) |
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| Length | 12.3 Miles |
| Avg. Gradient | 56 fpm |
| Max Gradient | 180 fpm |
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level |
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| SF STILLAGUAMISH RIVER NEAR GRANITE FALLS, WA | ||||
| usgs-12161000 | 4.00 - 6.50 ft | V | 00h29m | 6.89 ft (rc= 1.2 ) |
FUN FACT: Creek run with a big water feel. Very continuous with some big drops.
SEASON: Through the winter and spring.
ACCESS: Take-out at the Mountain Loop Highway Bridge just outside of Granite Falls (Granite Falls lurks just downstream so make sure you get out here). Verlot Campground is one potential public access point if you're looking for a warm-up. Alternative hike-in access of about a mile, which cuts off some of the flatwater, is available along the Old Robe Historical Trail which is part of Snohomish County Parks and benefits from the efforts of the Stilliguamish Citizen's Alliance. Access across private property east of the trailhead is also possible if you have permission.
DESCRIPTION:
The run starts with five and a half miles of class I/II before slamming into a three mile canyon of class IV, V, and V+ rapids (video near canyon entrance at 4.6', 1.9 MB). You can have a look at the rapids at the start of the canyon along the Old Robe Historical Trail (an old railroad grade through the canyon) and potentially use it as an alternative access (although it's nearly a mile to the river). The trailhead is on Mt. Loop Highway at mile 7.2 and you can view approximately 1/2 a mile of the canyon's whitewater before the trail basically ends.
for additional information see
USGS gauge SF Stillaguamish nr. Granite Falls. The USGS has not recently taken discharge measurements here so there is no stage-discharge curve for this site. On the staff gauge 4.0-4.7 is the lower range of flows and although it's slightly more forgiving some bad sieves open up and pin potential is high. At 5.0-5.8 the river becomes much more pushy but sieve danger goes down--many consider flows of 5.4-5.6 to be ideal. Above 5.8 the river jumps up another notch and becomes even more pushy and strong class V skills are required.
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| SF STILLAGUAMISH RIVER NEAR GRANITE FALLS, WA | ||||||||||||
| usgs-12161000 | 4.00 - 6.50 ft | V | 00h29m | 6.89 ft (rc= 1.2 ) | ||||||||
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| When | River/Gauge | Subject | Level | Reporter |
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| Stillaguamish, S. Fork3 - Verlot to Granite Falls (Robe Canyon Run) [WA] |
Off Broadway
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5.4 | Chris Tretwold | |
| Stilliguamish [WA] |
Robe Canyon, Monte Cristo Railroad
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n/a | Thomas O'Keefe | |
| 1y218d08h43m | Stillaguamish, S. Fork3 - Verlot to Granite Falls (Robe Canyon Run) [WA] |
Catchers Mitt
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5.2 | Chris Tretwold |
| 1y221d08h43m | Stillaguamish, S. Fork3 - Verlot to Granite Falls (Robe Canyon Run) [WA] |
Below Landslide
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5.4 | Chris Tretwold |
| 2y194d16h43m | Stillaguamish, S. Fork [WA] |
New Last Sunshine, 5-07
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5.35 | Owen Callahan |
| 5y30d16h43m | Stillaguamish, S. Fork [WA] |
Headed for T2
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5.7 (USGS Gauge) | joey baranski |
| 6y274d16h43m | Stillaguamish, S. Fork [WA] |
Robe Canyon - T1
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6.2 internet | Scott Collins |
No rapids entered. If you know names, and locations of the rapids please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. River Alert
State News
River Links
NWRI - Stillaguamish, S. Fork 3 - Verlot to Granite Falls (Robe Canyon Run) (mobile)
User Comments
to be in control. Problems in T1 could lead to an encounter with the wood. Apparently you can sneak
left too. -Jonathan Ehlinger Edit
height and cannot be seen until you drop in. Center boof is still good to go. 10/6/08 Edit
follows, there is a boat pinned horizontally at the base of a small ledge drop in the center of the
river. As long as you are paying attention it should be easy to avoid. Edit
down Robe today. Every rapid on that river has changed. Some dramatically. The biggest change is
that T1 and T2 are pretty much gone, and all of that gradient is now lost at once in Last Sunshine.
And the only way to portage and/or scout Last Sunshine is to get out on River Right at Tunnel Rapid
(basically the first one), and walk through the tunnel and take a look at Last Sunshine from the
bottom. It will likely be a portage for most people and I recommend just portaging to the bottom of
it. There are some other major changes, however, they are easy enough to figure out with some
prudent scouting.
You can get by it on the left, but it's worth scouting first.