Russian, E. Fork

Lower – Potter Valley Rd to Hwy 20/Lake Mendocino

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January 26, 2024

Trip Report

ReporterRobin Levick
FlowMedium Flow

Ted Couch and I put in with my never before paddled Alpacka Forager, and hilarity ensued.

We were on our way to an overnight on the Eel, and this was a perfect short afternoon run on the way. Definitely worth doing if in the area. There are two sections of class III, with the longest and most fun one coming at the end. Learning how to creek in a Forager is going to take some time, we both got ejected after plowing into rocks in the middle of rapids.

We had about 350cfs, which was friendly. More would have been fun, in a packraft maybe would go down to 250 or even lower.