Crooked Fork (Lochsa trib)

We ran the lower 7 miles along Higway 12 as a big group of over a dozen people separated into pods at an optimal flow. The Lochsa was 11,000 cfs at Lowell which was a great flow for this run. There are eddies, mostly just two-boat eddies but a few larger ones, at this flow but it is continous class II and III with swift current. There were a few pieces of wood extending out from the shoreline that was easily avoided by attentive paddlers. The most significant rapids are visible along the highway and readily visible on the shuttle. Once the river leaves the highway it is class II down to the White Sands Campground. You can take out at the bridge or at one of the sites in the campground which is a couple hundred yards downstream on river right.