Flathead, Middle Fork

I ran this around 2,000 cfs. I hiked in and put in at the confluence of Morrison Creek and the MF Flathead. The first 1/3 was a bit too low and I had to drag my packraft a few times. Above Morrison Creek must have been a lot worse. The middle part was better but still boney. I flipped a couple of times when my boat goat lodged on rocks in the middle of a rapid. The last part was fine. I encountered one class 4 rapid in the middle of the run and 2 class 4 rapids in the Spruce Park gorge. None of them looked very runnable at these low flows with lots of FU rocks in the middle of potential lines. With more water to cover some of the rocks, I probably would have run them if I wasn't alone.

It was a great trip, but next time I would aim for at least 4k CFS especially if I was going to put in at Schaeffer. I'm assuming 4k would be enjoyable flows with good fishing.

The 1K lower limit for this is not correct.