Humptulips, E. Fork

It had been a while since I went down this sweet little section of the white waters. The water was wet, but it was a bit low, still fun though. As always, I was a bit worried bout the wood in play, but to my suprise, the fish ladder and most of the run was the cleanest I have ever seen it. There was one river wide log with a tiny little route underneath at this low flow, but this would become a madatory portage at medium-high flows. Luckily, this log isnt in a rapid and it isnt in the steep canyon section, so there should be an eddy/portage route around it at higher levels.

It was dumpin all dat rain all day and I was all like, 'Ah dang mang, I bet dis riva gon' be really wet very soon, ahhh dang', and sure enough, the river blew up over night, going from 1,680 cfs the day of the paddle, to 10,000 cfs the following day. I imagine some new wood is in play. So if you go, always watch for dat wood 'round dem corners. Ah dang.

Love this river.

Ah dang.