Matheny Creek

North Fork to FR 21 Bridge (Upper & Middle)

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December 13, 2018

Middle Matheny Trip

ReporterMatthias Fostvedt

Put on the Middle section as the Queets gage was peaking at 35,000. It was solid class IV big-water. There is one large log-jam about 2-3 miles into the middle section. There is a decent portage trail on river right. At the flows we had, there was extremely limited eddy access for the portage, so be careful. Regarding the Upper, a local told us that the road was washed out and you couldn't reach the put-in. We did not confirm this.