The gate at the take-out for the Lewis County PUD will be open this weekend (May 22/23). The gate will be opened from approximately 10 am to 6 pm by PUD staff. While the take-out is available for walk-in access throughout the year you can only take your shuttle rig down to the take-out if you obtain a key from the PUD or during these scheduled weekends. This will be the last official gate opening for the spring.
Local paddlers normally meet at the Mt. Adams Café in Randle, Washington (located at Highway 12 milepost 115) at 10:30 am. Arrive earlier if you want to have breakfast. For those unfamiliar with the area, you can join the caravan to the put-in at Twin Cedars about one mile above the Iron Creek Campground and shuttle vehicles to the New Lower Cispus take-out, just off the 300 road at Copper Canyon Creek, on the Scanewa Reservoir.
The Lower Cispus is a great introductory Class III run. The Lower Cispus is a scenic forested run featuring pool-drop run with straight forward splashy chutes, making it a nice run for the whole family.