Cache Creek

Good day on teh Cache Creek WIlderness Run.  We had about a dozen paddlers in a group organized by Jerry Meral.  A bit of bush/tree whacking on the North Fork before the confluence with main. The North Fork Cache Creek near Chalk Mountain guage was at 2.94 ft, I would estimate it was 300- 500 cfs.  The flows on the Main was robust and very fun.  Big wave trains and serval holes big enough to surf a raft.  Most of the bigger rapids are towards the bottom of the run. This is very much a wilderness run and a beautiful place to be in the springtime.

The low water bridge was condemned and the road to buck island has been closed for 4 or 5 years. There are no commercial trips on the wilderness run anymore which makes the privacy even better!

Bret runs the Class III rapid called 'Mad Mike' - This hole is caused by a rock that is exposed at a higher water level.
William Hodges about to drop into the hole in Mad Mike. At the usual lower water levels, there is an exposed rock here.
William Hodges about to drop into the hole in Mad Mike. At the usual lower water levels, there is an exposed rock here.