Eagle Creek

These rapids are both downstream from Eagle Fern Park. We launched just upstream from Eagle Fern, walked the Falls with the fish ladder, and paddled down into the steeper section with the 90 degree right bend that I call the elbow. A lot of large wood has collected in the outer left corner, blocking the far left and center left lines. Only the center line remains (the right side is rock-clogged) and it's not safe or easy, but it is totally runnable.

The wood in Cave Rapid (maybe half a mile downstream where there's an undercut wall on the left and a line of rocks across the bottom) is all the way across the river now. Usually the far left channel remains open but it's closed off. We were able to portage on the left and seal launch in from on top of the logs.

Fair warning! Lots of wood in this run. It's not a hard run but if you screw up the penalties are high.

Eagle Creek from Eagle Fern park to Eagle Creek road at a low level today = 3,000 cfs & rising on Clackamas @ 3 lynx, just under 1' on the take-out gauge. We were able to run everything, but there are numerous large logs in the steeper 3-4 drops below the waterfall with the fish ladder. There are also numerous logs lower down. Many of these wood issues would be much harder to navigate around and unfortunately quite onerous to portage at higher flows.Unless there is an active beaver soon, I would recommend avoiding this section as most those with the skills to get down safely would find the river not worth the effort. I worry that class III-IV paddlers would find it unsafe. EDIT: the large logs Carter mentions here have moved and the run is passable without portages for wood in early 2022. See more notes and video links in comment below. His comment about numerous logs and danger is for reals: it's a class 3-4 run with class 5 hazards.