Clearwater, S. Fork

Zak Sears, Kyle Smith, and Will Long enjoying Golden Canyon at solid medium flows.

A great day on Golden with a mix of friends from Moscow and Missoula at solid medium flows! Photos by Trip Kinney.

we ran it at 700 cfs and it was low, but runnable. i don't think i would go back at that level. at 1000 cfs it was fun and not too rocky.

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Robin

400 CFS is *really* low. I think a more reasonable low-runnable flow would be somewhere around 700 CFS.

Tor making the ferry to the left.
Tor and Kevin at the top of the first drop below Coyote Falls.
Tor and Kevin putting in below Coyote Falls.
Approaching the second major drop after Coyote Falls.
Kevins Rock - Site of some major carnage on our trip.
Tor and Kevin cutting left for the drop.

Mickey Mouse ( Reach 545) . . . Golden Run ( Reach 544)

The map says it all. These runs are close enough to the Lochsa to make a nice day trip. The river between these runs is mellow class II with some easy class III, all visible from the road and easily portaged.

When the gauge rock developes a hole you wouldn't want to get into or when it is washed out . . . class V

When the hole is ok or the the rock is just awash . . . great class IV

When the rock is showing . . . boney