Santiam, N.

Packsaddle Park and river access will be closed until spring 2021. To put-in for the run, park outside the gate at the Minto Fish Hatchery and carry your boat down the access road and the steep metal stairs to the water. Mind you there are two things named Minto. The Minto Hatchery and dam is upstream from Packsaddle. We ran this section on 11/1/2020 after the fires. The roads were open, people were still burning slash, and some had already started to rebuild. The river had several large tree trunks perched on rocks that had clearly come down the Niagara section and had their limbs beat off. As of our date all the main rapids were clean and no portages were needed, but a high flow could deposit large woodpiles in new locations so be careful!