Skagit

We ran this in an open tandem canoe in late August on a beautiful blue sky day (before the Ross Lake fire) from Goodell Creek to Copper Creek (Goodell was open and busy). Flows were around 2750 cfs. We scouted the S-bends from the road first. A bike shuttle was done on HWY 20 before the paddle. Kind of tight in sections (no shoulder, guardrails), not the funnest shuttle. The float starts out with a long Class II without much warm up, so be alert. Stunning scenery, you're at 400 feet elevation on the river and glaciers and peaks above you at 7000 feet elevation. It's quite dramamtic, plus with the blue water. Banks were fairly pristine without much developement. We ended up running the first rapid of the S-bends, then scouting the second one and changed the line we planned to take (needed to bail anyway), and ran the rest. Overall, a great canoe run on a highly scenic section of the Skagit. Waves are much bigger down on the water vs scouting from the road!