Wind
1. Above Falls Creek to Mineral Springs Rd. (Upper Upper)
March 10, 2022
Trip Report
| Reporter | Ryan Crist |
We put in above Falls creek but below the braided channels in the alder forest and took out at the first bridge you come across.
Pretty cool run. Reminded me of a class 3 version of the farmlands section of the white salmon. Similar canyon with a few fun boof ledges along the way and a nice general rhythm to the rapids.
There's one boulder sieve rapid that is an easy enough portage river right with a decent eddy but has a line along the left wall (its worth a scout though to see where you don't want to end up) and one old growth tree across the river a little down river from there that needs to be portaged (also has a nice eddy and easy enough portage), otherwise all other wood is dodgable hanging off of one wall or the other.
Would definitely do this run again. Made for a nice adventure and hope to check it out again with more water though this flow was plenty of water for checking it out.
Could probably go lower and would definitely be fun with more water but I'm not sure at which point those eddys might wash out and I could see it getting choked if the wrong trees made it into the canyon.