Colt Killed Creek (White Sand Creek)

Photos of the take-out at the bridge across Colt Killed Creek.

Ran this river on 6/26. Lochsa was around 4500 cfs. The flow was either the low side of medium or the high side of low. We had a few ducks under some logs near the put in, but other than that the run was in great shape. The road is washed out about 0.9 miles from the put in. It requires a shoulder past the wash out and then a drag the rest of the way down to the river. There are some logs down across the road beyond the wash out that require some climbing/crawling to pass. All in all, it was a cool place to paddle.

29 June, 2019. Lochsa at 2100 cfs. Great fun, great eddy hopping, not too low at all. The road has slid/sloughed about a mile from the put-in. As of now you can get high-clearance vehicles over it (e.g. Tacoma), but if it is not repaired, it probably won't be manageable after next winter.

We did this run on June 23rd. We still had snow at the pass and had to dig a path for our vehicles. The Lochsa was at 7800 cfs which corresponded to a great level for this creek. Lots of great fluffy class IV but still plenty of eddies on the side to catch your breath. At this flow, the class II at the end moved really quickly. We encountered some wood that was in play but it was all visible and easy to get around.

White Sands Creek is a beautiful river / creek flowing through a Roadless Area.
This photo was taken looking downstream from the put in.

Brian, Great idea on early take out and hike back, one I wish we had thought of, as the first 1/3 of the run is the best, the remaining 6-8 miles to regular take out at the bridge is long, not much excitement, but scenery is worth it.

Whitesands is a really fun run. Don't worry if you don't have 2 vehicles to run shuttle. We were able to leave our truck at the put-in, paddle the first four miles then take out at the Storm Creek pack bridge river right. The hike back was tough but do-able for sure. Great Idaho mini-adventure. The strainer was easily portaged.

This is part of the hike back to the putin from storm creek.
This is a pretty much manditory portage we came across. You might be able to limbo it but it's an easy walk.
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