Chehalis, W. Fork,

mile 3 to Chehalis River

West Fork Chehalis

West Fork Chehalis
Photo of Dawn Meekhof by Tom O'Keefe taken 01/01/04 @ 2500 cfs at Doty

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
CHEHALIS RIVER NEAR DOTY, WA
usgs-12020000	2000 - 5000 cfs	IV	01h17m	3760 cfs (rc= 0.6 )
	Upper limit for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow boaters with a comment or report.

River Description

This creek is on Weyerhaeuser's McDonald Tree Farm which is 2 miles out of Pe Ell. Complete directions can be found on the Chehalis page. Once you reach the confluence of the East and West Fork Chehalis (9.9 miles from the first bridge across the Chehalis in the McDonald Tree Farm), continue straight on the 1000 road which run along river left. You will cross the river 3 times (at mile 10.7, 11.0, and 13.2 from the first bridge). Put in at this third bridge on downstream river right.

This creek has half a dozen fun ledge drops and at higher flows serves as an alternate put-in for a run on the Chehalis that gives you a few more rapids.