Rattlesnake Creek

I am a big booster of packrafting Rattlesnake Creek, but it's less advisable this year than in years past. Currently, many more logs in Rattlesnake Creek than in years past, especially between Rattlesnake Creek Traihead and Duncan Drive. That area would be class 5 at high water and I would not recommend it above medium flow this year, with river-wide logs, a beaver dam, and pushy hydraulics leading to hazardous conditions. Below water level of 55 on the guage at the most upstream pedestrian bridge in Greenough Park, the upper section of the creek should be navigable for experienced packrafters who are willing to float the Lochsa, but hazards are high. Between Duncan Drive and Greenough park there were some hazards, but it would be doable for class 3-4 boaters at that level. In Greenough park there are at least 3 river-wide hazard trees and it's not recommended at high water this year, although below the bottom bridge out to the Clark Fork was fine.