Lower Sauk to Skagit River (WA) - June 13-14, 2015
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Not much beach at the Skagit Ridge Road takeout
Dropping off Jim's truck on the shuttle
Nice place across from DFW access
Back at Rt. 530 Sauk putin. Boats loaded and ready to go
On the water at 12:57pm
Barely enough water to make it out to the main channel. We are doing this stretch early because the level dropped so much on the upper
Floating along
No sliding on the bank this year
The 'big' rapid on this trip
Passing the Sauk-Concrete bridge
Another riffle
Hadn't noticed shear cliffs before
USGS station. Graph at bottom of page
New side channel
Drainage under damaged roads section
One lane road on shuttle
7:28pm after camp setup
Camp setup
Jim cooking dinner
Camping in the shadow of Sauk Mtn.
Morning warms quickly
Downstream
Hiding from the sun
An early start. On the water at 11:43am
Break time
Traces of the old channel to Skagit
On the Skagit
Skagit is dam controlled
The spectacular view offsets rowing into the wind
Motorboats are allowed on the Skagit, up to Marblemount
USGS Flow at 06/13/2015 12:00 PDT 2,650 CFS 4.11'
USGS Flow at 06/14/2015 12:00 PDT 4,710 CFS 83.94'
Credits:
- U.O.N., Olympus Stylus 770SW Digital Photography by William F. Smith (7.1 MP, 3072x2304 HQ, 3X optical 38-114mm)