Pilchuck River
1-Road P-500 above Boulder Creek to Menzel Lake Road Bridge
Trip Reports
Log in to add a reportThe dam was removed in August 2020! You can watch it being removed and how the river has repaired itself here: https://www.senserasystems.com/public/embed/M26801545276
Ran on 3/3/2017. ATVs can no longer get up this old road due to washouts. The first one is just over a mile in. So if you are running this run, you are hiking in. Nick Borelli and Steve Munk hiked in with Pack boats...flow about 1200 cfs and rising. The dam is a deathtrap...don't even think about it. Easy portage left.
Omar Jepperson, Russ Reed, and Thomas O'Keefe hiked in using carts for our boats. A number of ATV enthusiasts were out on the road too. We found one very cool canyon but it was short and took a lot of effort to get there. We portaged the dam on river left. Image from digital video footage.