Clackamas

1. June Creek Br. to Collawash River

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April 11, 2023

3 Trees Down ( 2 portages) otherwise great fun

ReporterEvan Burgeson
FlowMedium Flow

There are 3 river wide trees. 2 were mandatory portages at the flow we ran (~2500). All are visible from the road and also from well upriver when running it. All had easy eddies to catch. One is relatively early on, within about a half mile to a mile of the put-in. Easiest portage was on river right. You can eddy out, hop out, and slide boats over it easily. Second one thats a mandatory portage at our flow is about 3/5th or so down the run, before Monolith if my memory serves right, and it can be portaged easily on river left. Catch a big pool of an eddy just upstream and you can easily slide your boat through the logjam near the bank and then put in just downstream in the eddy from the logjam. Last log is virtually at the takeout and can be ducked-under on the left hand side at 2500cfs (depending on how flexible your back is, or you can do a very low sculling brace under it). At higher flows this may become a mandatory portage.