McCloud

Two of us packrafted this and were very wood-alert given the recent snowmelt and flooding. A rare chance to paddle this above the ~700cfs that it usually is due to the springs. We didn't do Lower Big Springs or even the section right below due to high water and lack of eddies right from the get-go. Putting in at Fowler's, there were 3-4 portages around wood, one of which wasn't very fun – even for light packrafts. Otherwise the run was as described – mainly continuous class III.