Kings, N. Fork
Balch Afterbay to confluence with Dinkey Creek
May 1, 1993
Trip Report
| Reporter | Paul Martzen |
Looking through a short gorge at the one drop in the gorge and the bottom of the cascade above.
Still frame from video.
This two tiered slide is at the .exit of a short gorge. Several smaller slides follow.
This is the big waterfall which has not been run. We did not run it on any of my few runs and probably nobody else has caught this section since the early 1990's. The cascade which follows may be good for todays good boaters also, but the exit was very congested and so still may prevent a safe run.
Portage of the falls is very easy.
This rapid immediately follows the big waterfall. It gets steeper as it goes and then drops through some congested boulders at the end. We never ran it, but strong boaters will probably give it a look at least.
One can portage easily on the right almost to the end of the rapid where creativity will be needed to proceed. Alternatively you can cross to the left side where this picture is taken and continue the portage on that side