Snoqualmie, Middle Fork

Had a great time packrafting the MF of the Snoqualmie between Dingford and Taylor on 3/30/25 at 1725cfs.

Started our day at the MF of the Snoqualmie TH near the wooden arch pedestrian bridge, just below the confluence with the Taylor. Hiked ~5.5 miles upriver on the MF Snoqualmie river trail to the bridge crossing the Snoqualmie near the Dingford Creek TH. The trail was in great shape. Put in right below the Dingford bridge.

The whitewater starting at the bridge is swift and continuous boulder gardens. The first quarter mile drops 50 feet alone. That's a gradient of 200 feet per mile (fpm)! Our group felt this quarter mile stretch felt more like class IV. At 1725cfs, there was enough water, but we would have liked a tad more to open up the lines a bit. If you are looking at this stretch from the bridge and it looks more intense than you want to tackle, you can put in below it via a campsite on river left about a quarter mile below the Dingford bridge.

After the first quarter mile, the next half mile drops another 60 feet (120fpm). This stretch was still continuous boulder gardens, but was a tad less intense. Maybe more like IV-.

After the first mile, the river settles into beautiful scenic class II+ with fantastic views of the surrounding mountains. There are some trail access points you could use along this stretch if you want to avoid the class III-IV above. Just keep an eye out for wood. We had one portage around a river wide strainer with some swift current pushing through it at the bottom of a little class II+ riffle. 47.5195307, -121.4688651