Sauk

We ran the Sauk from Bedal to Backman on June 5, 2022, and somehow missed the previous trip report posted in November 2021.  Either way, we identified the suspicious looking wood structures, pulled off, and scouted from both sides of the river to determine the hazard is a multi-tiered log jam complex and there no safe route through and no easy portage along the edge of the river.

Luckily upstream of the jam a couple hundred yards was a relatively open river bar that led to a mostly abandoned channel that didn't require a portage over a giant game of pick up sticks.  We hauled our 3 heavy a** oar boats a little over a 1/4 mile to continue our trip downstream.  The rest of the trip was awesome with the lower gage reading 15,000 when we pulled off.  Even though I love this stretch, I'm not planning on running it for a couple years until this jam opens up!  Be safe out there!