American

We only had 460 cfs on the gauge, but the three of us thought it was good enough when we ran it on May 14, 2026, a few days before Chinook Pass was opened. After scouting the upper couple miles that had several wood portages, including the undercut headwall rapid featured in Tom's photo, we launched at the first pullout downstream and paddled to the lower Bumping River and on to Sawmill Flat on the Naches River. There was some wood in play most of the trip but we only portaged logs twice, including one with small tricky eddies. There were a few fun Class III rapids and the current was continuous so we completed the run in a little over two hours. This is not a destination run, but if you are in the area offseason before the highway gets busy, it's a pleasant place to paddle 3 rivers for the first time.