Sunday, January 23, 2011

Canyon Creek, back just in time

As you have probably heard, Canyon Creek is back.  After bitching about not being able kayak during the insane flood, I was able to reap the benefits.  The epic flooding washed out the giant logjam on Canyon Creek.  I would like to take credit for this happening, as it washed out as soon as I got to Portland.  But I think I will settle for having a great, close, classic run that makes half-day trip possible.
    The water was pretty high, I was expecting some hard class IV, but ended up getting a lot more than I asked for.  Luckily some locals showed up and showed us down.  I ended up flipping and going deep off of Kahuna, which caused my skirt to implode (first time!).  Pretty stout run for a newish boat, and a new style of river.  Many more canyon creek runs to come.

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