Clearwater, N. Fork

With flows dropping and groups rolling for 4th of July weekend, we set out for our next destination with one final road scout of the section downstream of Washington Creek Campground.

The kids enjoyed this run so we went back for a third helping on day 4 of our trip to the North Fork Clearwater paddling from Whitefish Rock to Washington Creek Campground. It was again about a 3 hour run that allowed for plenty of time to enjoy our riverside accommodations at the campground.

We were on the water by noon for a trip of approximately 3 hours from the Whitefish Rock Access, just above three fun class III rapids, to Washington Creek Campground. This allowed for a leisurely departure from camp and lots of afternoon waterplay and fun enjoying the late afternoon sun at Washington Creek Campground.

Run with a big group including kayaks and a raft. We had lots of kids along for the adventure. We launched around noon and were loading up the raft around 6pm with a lunch stop along the way. This was day 2 of four days of fun along the North Fork based out of Washington Creek Campground.

We launched from Weitas Creek Campground at 1pm and proceeded downstream to Washington Creek Campground and finished the run around 5:30pm. This was day 1 of a great family trip on the NF Clearwater 6/25-6/28 with flows dropping from 3200 to 2800 over 4 days with kayaks, IKs, and a raft. Washington Creek Campground proved to be a great base of operations for day trips to enjoy boating, fishing, and swimming. Many of the campgrounds and dispersed camping areas along the river were full but we found riverside sites at Washington Creek Campground arriving mid-day on Thursday. Kids did a few laps on the Bungalow run (Weitas Creek or Whitefish Rock Access to Washington Creek Campground). The weather was hot but we enjoyed swimming in the river after our runs. We also had a good day enjoying Quartz Creek to Aquarius. A couple people enjoyed the run from Washington Creek Campground to Quartz Creek.

Rapids upstream from Orogrande Creek