Muddy Creek

Ran the muddy on 8/10/23 at 280 and it was amazing.  The flow created rapids that i have never seen before on the river.  Over half the river was class II splashy waves. The two biggest rapids one right before the chute and one right after were easily class III+ with the caveat that just like all class III if you miss the line you just stand up. Both are read and run and at this level the right channel is best.

At this level it was 4 hours and 15 minutes of paddles time.  Shutte was 1 hour 45 but we drive fast.  Roads were mostly good.

There was a tree about 30 after the chute that was river wide and at this level we could sneak over it on the right.

This is my fourth trip down the muddy and you can do it in a small raft but it would be misable since you will get stuck so many times on rocks and have to really work to get around stuff.  Duckies and packrafts are by far better options on this river.  At this level a hardshell would be fine but any lower than 200 and you will be stuck all the time.

Also, try and avoid the two person duckies with two people as they are hard to control with two people in them.  One person a boat should be the rule.  Maybe one adult and one kid but two adults will need experience to do this smoothly.