Butte Creek

December 5, 2023
New wood in Knuckle Buster Rapid. Wood has accumulated at the entrance and just below the bottom. The entrance wood was runnable on the far river right channel but a log jam just below the bottom of the rapid made us portage on river right. We carried our boats to the road and then back down to the bottom below the final log jam. Flow was just over 1000cfs.

There is a river-wide log at the end of a straight stretch about 3/4 of a mile below the most prominent class IV long rapid (about half way through the run). It looks as if you can sneak it on river left, but at the last second you will find there is another log blocking this path as well. Portage right!