Klamath

I paddled this from Trinity River just above the gorge (41.1052, -123.6902) to the mouth of the Klamath in 2 full days. Before going I spoke to a few boaters familiar with the region and was kinda concerned that the flow would be so low I may be dragging my boat or choose to abort at Johnsons / end of Hwy 169. There were long stretches of paddling on basically flat water and a few rapids but nothing difficult. If you are happy paddling for hours you'll have a great time. I saw lots of mammals (mostly river otters?) and few humans. Beautiful area, easy camping. I gave myself plenty of time for a battle against wind and tides at the mouth, but it wasn't bad. I wanted to paddle all the way into the ocean but after taking a peek over the sand bar at the beach breaking waves decided I didn't want to be in that water. In hindsight only thing I would have liked to have done differently is take more time playing on the surfable rapids (one at 41.2463, -123.7730 was particularly nice at that flow) in the first third of my trip.

For shuttle, a friend dropped me off and I took Redwood Coast Transit route 20 back to Arcata.

A trip to the Klamath River hosted by the Yurok Tribe for partners in Klamath Dam Removal. The tour was hosted by Amy Cordalis and began in the estuary at the river mouth and then ventured upstream to Blue Creek, including land that was recently returned to the Tribe along this important coldwater tributary.