Hamma Hamma

We had a great day and beautiful weather on the Hamma Hamma with three packrafts. We were on the water at 11:30am. While the flow was low we had enough water for a great day (neaby SF Skokomish was at 600 cfs and Duckabush was at 260 cfs). The braided section near the start had some wood but was surprisingly clean and the one portage we had was just downstream of that (and easy landing on a gravel bar and step up onto the logs). Once Jefferson Creek came in we got a little more water and the pace started to pick up. We boat scouted U Turn which at this level was a series of three drops with small eddies in between. Even at lower flows the rapid had plenty of power. There's always a little apprehension as you approach the take-out on this run. It's about 10 minutes downstream of U Turn after a class III rapid and a short distance above what I would consider a fairly obvious horizon line into a deep gorge. We arrived there at about 1:00pm. Once we packed up our boats and found the old logging road it was about a 15 minute hike out to the main road. We had intended to hike back to the put-in but a pick up truck happened to be passing by and we caught a lift back upstream.