Brushy Fork (Lochsa trib)

The following is correspondence from a friend and fellow paddler on this trip and is very well versed on the area. The opinions are of the writer and should not be considered that of AW.

'Nice write-up. I would go so far as to say that Grant Amaral never actually came close to running the Brushy Fork (his description of the run is so far off I don't think there is any way he could have run it). I also feel that providing a description of a run you've never actually done is irresponsible at best. Even considering the quantity of wood I would classify the Brushy Fork as a III-IV run (not class V), although I know how rating rapids goes. As far as the quality of the run goes, I remember

there being very little runnable whitewater on the run, and considering the quantity of wood, I would not recommend the run to anybody, especially

considering the amount of quality runs nearby. (Not that I had a bad

time doing the run, but let's face it, it's no classic). I think its great

that you did a write-up, but mainly because I think the run is so

misrepresented in Grant Amaral's book (he makes the run sound very appealing in my opinion)that a good description of the run will keep people from running it

when they could be running something else.

Anyway, nice to hear from you, and thanks for sharing that write-up.

Hopefully I'll see you on the Spokane in a couple of months! Nos

vemos.'

-Natty