Sitkum

I had been pushing for the Humptulips but everyone else was headed for the Sitkum so Mariko and I joined the crowd. In one of the more memorable river stories I’ve been a part of Boris managed to “lose” his boat on the way to the put-in. He set it down somewhere in the woods but could not remember where. After an hour of searching we had to tell him that we could not wait any longer. As we finished lowering our boats and getting ready to set off downstream (a major project with our big group), Boris managed to find his boat and hustled down to the river at a point downstream of our put-in. Thinking that we had already passed downstream, Boris took off downstream trying to catch up. Of course we were behind him so he never did and after traveling a few miles downstream Boris hiked back up to the road to make sure he wouldn’t miss the take-out. The rest of us had a great run and I had forgotten how scenic the river is. It’s one of the few rivers in the National Forest that still has some big trees in the riparian zone. It was a good level. One could definitely run it higher although Cotton Candy could be a challenge at significantly higher flows as the portage options are limited.