Snoqualmie, Middle Fork,
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1 - Hardscrabble Creek to Burnboot Creek
| Usual Difficulty |
V (may vary with level) |
| Length |
4 Miles |
Gauge Information
River Description
ACCESS: To get to the river take exit 33 off I-90 and head north towards the truck stop. The
Middle Fork Road (FR 56) turns off to the right within a half mile or so. Start your trip
odometer and watch for milepost signs. At mile 12 you will cross the Taylor River and within 100
yards the Middle Fork Road turns off to the right and heads up a short hill (it's easy to miss
this turnoff as the spur road, which looks like the main road and continues straight, comes to a
gated dead end). From this point on the road is in very poor condition. A high clearance vehicle
is strongly recommended. It's a little over 10 miles up this road towards Goldmyer Hotsprings, but with the poor road conditions expect it to
take more than an hour to reach the end of the road. There is currently a proposal to close this
road to vehicles so get this one while you can.
DESCRIPTION: See Shawn Wickstrom's run description in Bennett, Frederick Reimers' story of the
first descent in Nov/Dec 2001 issue of Paddler
Magazine, and some excellenet video footage in Twitch
2000.
This extreme creek run drops over some big ledges and waterfalls. The run eventually tapers off
to boulder gardens.
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2003-10-15 01:23:17
No rapids entered. If you know names, and locations of the rapids please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. 
User Comments
access. There were apparently big washouts that occured on the road as well as the Taylor river
bridge being knocked out. The road crew said that the road could be closed as late as December
while repairs are done, making the bridge about the highest put-in possible on the MF. Edit