Hood

John Lechmanik posted this information regarding access on lccc listserv April 23, 2017:

Lower Hood takeout.

For those of you who insist on taking out at the museum please note it is posted 'Museum parking only'. So by parking there you are risking a tow, ticket or at the least offending a local business to kayakers. Please don't. There is a takeout down by the windsurfing shacks that is legal. Or some take out at powerdale. Please use those. Feel free to ask me for details.

Tucker bridge.

The Apple Valley store does not allow ANY parking or river access from their property. This is a change from a year or so ago. Park across the street and access the river there. Limited parking. Some are now putting in at Tucker Park. This means running the last 3 rapids of Dee to Tucker with no real warmup and are a little harder than the rest of the lower Hood IMHO.

Dee put in.

It appears this is no more. I spoke with some paddlers who know the landowner and he does NOT allow river access from his property. There are new signs saying no river acces along with the multiple no tresspassing signs. Paddlers have been cited. This means the only legal access is from Punchbowl park on the west fork. This means missing Cyclops and confluence rapid but not much else.

Please be aware of these changes and try not to offend any other property owners at the access points. Our river access to a great river is dwindling....