Stonelick Creek

Lots of new wood in the creek, as normal. Be mindful of a couple portages around wood (one about 200 yards above Johnson's Falls).

Ran this section today at a pretty good water level. The water level was a few feet away from the trail/road that takes you down to the putin. At this level you peel out from the putin eddy. Multiple strainers on the run today. The worst by far is the one stuck at the top right at Johnson's falls. Large tree that blocks the best line thru. Sneek extreme left until it washes thru or portage at this point.

We paddled Stonelick on May 11 and May 12, 2008. About a mile or so into the run there is a terrible riverwide strainer/deathtrap. This can be hard to see from very far upstream because it is just around a bend. Look for a landslide of a cliff on river right. Portage on river left. There has been a strainer there for over a year from a previous smaller landslide, but it had remained passable. The hillslide slid again, and another tree or two came down all the way across the creek. Sunday it was very sketchy. Monday, several more big trees had slid down the hillside. It is very bad. This will require a cleanup crew in July or August.