Sitkum

Ran the Upper Upper on 12/11/18 at 1800 cfs and dropping. Still enjoyable, but very bony. A few things to know: (1) The tree that marks the put-in is now a single, dark tree with orange flagging around it. We missed it the first time through. If you get to a tributary with slumped concrete over a big culvert, you've gone barely too far; (2) At the flows we had, the Falls below double drop did not look good-to-go, so we portaged on river right, which was a pain in the ass; (3) 50/50 is still blocked by wood, but the new rapid will be very fun when the wood is gone; (4) the final falls with the large wood on the left side is good to go on the left. I've seen videos of people running the right side to avoid the wood but it looks cleaner now than it did on earlier videos.