Russian, E. Fork

Lower – Potter Valley Rd to Hwy 20/Lake Mendocino

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March 4, 2023

Back-up run

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Gauge Reading647 cfs at COYOTE (LAKE MENDOCINO)
FlowLow Flow

A group of us yakers, IKers, and packrafters (Michelle, Lance, Josh, Jeff, Bear) did this run when the weather conditions at Potter Valley were too much for a daytrip on the Eel Pillsbury run. It was a pretty fun Class III run that was technical and brushy enough to challenge the lesser boaters amongst us, and a bit boring for the more experienced of us, but we enjoyed the day. Scoping Three Rock Falls after was humbling! At these flows it looked to be an impossible deathfest to even the more experienced of our lot!