Matheny Creek

The Friday after Thanksgiving in 2004 we found good flows (low side of medium) and had a great time on Upper Matheny. As of this date the road has been repaired and is open to mile 5.9. There is a washout at that point requiring you to hike for about an hour to reach the put-in to the upper, but it's an easy walk on the road bed. We ran down through the first half of middle Matheny and took out at the intermediate access point. The flow was at 9000 cfs on the Queets gage at 11am and dropping fast with cold weather. It was a fun level but the river could have used a bit more water. All the drops were great but a few of the sections in between were a little boney. All the drops were clean except for one massive log jam on the North Fork that we had to portage. Paddlers on the trip included Mike Rausch, Pete Mattson, Thomas O'Keefe, Bryan Cunitz, Jan Tackett, Ryan Hagg, Eric Bessette.