Humptulips, W. Fork

1 - FR 2204 bridge to FR 2203 access (Gorge)

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October 20, 2005

Trip Report

ReporterRhett Peterson

Mr. Wall and I went through this gorge 10/19/05. The last rapid you can see from the bridge has wood choked channels. River right and river left. You can not see these from the bridge. The only line is right through the gut, witch is even pretty scetchy. All the water pushes you right at pocket on river left, choked with log. We portaged. Great little tributary right after this rapid, on river right. You can not see this from the bridge. The next rapid is alright, but the blind rapid at the bottom is a little tricky. We could not decide wich line to take. Mr. Wall went river left line, banking off the rock right, and I ran the river right line. You can, kinda of boat scout. Will not go back with out a Fly Rod!! Great little paddle out. You need to walk up river about a quarter mile to put in, there is a nice little trail. The flow was about 1600cfs. Good level. Kinda of DIRTY class IV.