Wind

Flow is really hard to measure. I think we had a medium high flow because it was fairly continuous and harder to catch eddies than I thought it would be from previous trip reports. The Stabler Gauge read 6.8 feet but since it was in a snowmelt cycle I think the mainstem had more water than the low level creeks making this section a 'medium high.'

We took duckies to make it easier to jump out above logs which was really nice. The wood situation was not good. Others have described this as a Class III+ run but the wood makes it a solid Class IV run and I'd say at least someone needs Class V group skills and looking out for wood skills. Swimming on this section would not be good as it would be hard to rescue boats and there is quite a bit of wood.

Here's a link to a write up I did https://www.whitewaterguidebook.com/washington/upper-upper-wind-river/.