Cle Elum

As of May/12/2011 there is bad wood in the 3rd rapid after the 10foot falls as you near the end of the run. Keep your head up, the river heads through a mini gorge where it gets squized through a nasty group of logs.

06-21-2009

Bad wood in the first major drop of S-Turn. Also, there was a river-wide log below the last pitch of S-Turn.

As of June 14th 2008 the run is the cleanest in a long time with no mandatory wood portages except in the runout of the second drop in S turn. We were able to portage drop #2 on the right but the eddy was marginal and will be gone at higher flows (approx 2000 cfs inflow) There was one other diagonal log that was submerged on the right and up on the left bank - somewhere above S turn but can't give a better location. We paddled over it on the right but with lower flows it may be a portage. We had approx 1,800-1,900 cfs inflow.

There were about 4 log portages between Triple Drop and S Turn (exact number will vary with flows). All of them came up pretty quickly with limited eddies so use caution and keep your spacing. The large pine log still spans the river above S Turn and makes the entrance move a bit more challenging. After S Turn it's all good.

Low water run through China Gorge. With Tom O'Keefe, Jennie Goldberg, David Wilson, and George Laird.

Nastiness just below Triple Drop. There is a mean hole on river right followed immediatly by this head knocker.
Downstream of Triple Drop
Gives you an idea of the river above China Point.