Salmon, Yankee Fork

We ran on 14-June-2022 at 1800-2000 cfs, class IV at this flow in my opinion. There was a wood pile blocking the left half of the channel about 1/4 mile below the forest service bridge in the crux of the run. This jam is probably the same as the picture posted on 29-May and is visible from road side but not from the bridge. The right channel was clear. There was also a river-wide wood pile completely blocking the channel approximately 200 yds above the confluence, but not visible from the highway bridge. We carried out above this last jam thru a dispersed camping area next to the Sunbeam Village.

Yankee Fork Update 5/28/2022
We launched roadside approximately 3 miles upstream of the confluence with the Salmon at about 1500 cfs, great run. There is a few pieces of wood visible along the road during the scout that were straightforward to approach, but I highly recommend you walk out to the final sharp bend and take a look at that woodpile before running. We neglected to do this and took the beta from a local river guide and got into a sticky situation on this logjam in a Jack's Culebra, R2. Right now the logjam covers 7/8 of the river width, with a small clearing on river right that is a difficult move in a larger boat, kayaks should be ok but should scout the line.

Typical roadside views of low-side-of-medium flows on the Yankee Fork.

from the dredge to the salmon confluence is a pretty run, somewhat continuous class II+ III- or so at mid summer flows. in 2006 one log posed a small danger to the unwary but a 3ft wide channel remained open river left. lots a pin boulders but very passable, runs next to the road.