Piney River, South Fork (Tye River trib.)

Awesome day. Perfect level. Level was 575 cfs.

Clean runnable slides!

Respect!

Sweet!

This was my first time down the cascades. Going back every time the piney runs.

575 cfs. Perfect level

What a great way to finish a run on the upper piney

There was plenty of rock bashing on the Piney.

The first mile checks in at 480 fpm.

This was what the Piney was like from the put-in to the take-out. The first mile clocks in at 480 fpm and the second at 400 fpm.

Bottom Cascade

October 9,2005

I went up to check out the South Fork of the Piney this morning. It was my first time on the South Fork, the gauge was reading about 500 cfs. There seemed to be plenty of water, but at the moment there is a lot of wood throughout the run. We scoped out some clean looking sections and ended up running the Cascades section multiple times. We had a blast and plan on going back to clean out some wood, so we can run the South Fork uninteruppted.

I ran Statons and South Fork of the Piney today (11/22) with a morning reading on the Piney gauge of 375 cfs. Both creeks had a thin flow but were definitely doable and worth the drive. By the time we puton the S Fork of the Piney at 2:00, the gauge was approximately 340 cfs. There were a ton of trees in both creeks and especially the South Fork. We portaged a few of the drops because of trees but most of the major drops were passable.

Bobby

Watch out for that log.

Please take out at the parking area here at the National Forest sign (or take out farther up river). Respect private land at all times.

Entrance above one of the best slide rapids.
Slides near the end of Cascades section.
In the cascades section.
This slot had wood across the line below Rob's hull is in this picture, but it was 1' below the water and runnable. Another log is across the runout at the bottom, but far away from the line.
Great Falls and Skoomumchuck native Pete Morey makes a rare appearance outside the DC-metro area.