Kings, N. Fork

The Balch afterbay dam is releasing about 250 cfs into the river continuously because of some stuck valves. PG&E cannot repair the valves till October, so the flows will continue till then. 250 cfs is a low but okay flow for this section, I think. I walked along the road above and the parts that I could see looked boatable.

PG&E is also doing major road work several hundred yards from the dam. A big section of road slid out. There was no one working on the weekend so we were able to walk through the construction zone without any problems.

Getting down to the put in from the road looks as ugly as ever. Rapping off down a cliff would be the cleanest, but needs a long rope and anchors.