Kootenai Creek

We've been using the Lost Horse Creek Gage to correlate flows: We've found a rough 1:1 correlation.

We've gone three times:
* 500 CFS on this gage is a nice Medium-low.
* Around 600 CFS on that gage and things started to feel pretty fluffy: Water starts to pour over the boof-rock that closes in skinny hips. We did a lap around this high and felt like it was the high side of medium flows.

I personally think lower flows are great on this creek, and will stick to around 500 CFS.

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Have fun!
Robin

This sign went up last year and indicates that the historic practice of walking the short trail from the Kootenai take-out to the parking lot is no longer acceptable to the landowner.

This is Cody Howard going over the biggest drop on Kootenai Creek. Notice the Room of Doom of river-left side of the falls. Avoid that, and this is low flows so a boof is recommended!
This is our group (allen, cody howard, josh, and jemery) heading through the canyon for the takeout around the corner.
This is Josh on the last drop/slide of Kootenai Creek. You're going to want to have right-hand angle, cause, notice the rock in the center. -CODY HOWARD
This is Jeremy going through the pinch. This is the drop right above the falls. At this level there was an eddy on river left. This drop you have to be careful, cause it is undercut. -CODY HOWARD
This is Jeremy going over the falls. -CODY HOWARD
Check out the full-sized version of this shot by clicking here.

This is Josh on the last drop/slide of Kootenai Creek. You're going to want to have right-hand angle, cause, notice the rock in the center. -CODY HOWARD