Middle-Lower Sauk River (WA) - June 24-25, 2017

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Lots of company at the Whitechuck put-in. Good flow and supposed to be mid 90s!


On the water at 12:14pm


Al, Linda and Jo below first rapids set. Strap tightening for me


Verification photo. Thanks Linda2


Below island split


Jaws rapid


Jim and Sherry


Al slides by


Al parks behinds the Demon Seed after I vacated the space


Mt. Pugh view


Mt. Pugh view #2


Lots of people at the sunny lunch beach


Looking up Clear Creek


Pete goes upstream as I did


Rest of the group below bridge


Rigging at Backman Park for the overnighter2


On the water again 5:11pm, just below Backman Park. Al and Linda did not join us on the overnighter, but helped with part 2 of the shuttle. Thanks Al!


Pete in the shadow of Jumbo Mtn.


Under sawmill bridge


Camp setup in view of Whitehorse Mtn. 9:03pm. We got to camp late enough so it was partially shaded and no need to set up a tarp


Plenty of tent space. Lots of overnight dewfall


Next morning. Fisherman passing by at 6:55am. Kinda dicey getting by rootball


Morning view of Whitehorse Mtn.


On the water 'early' at 10:47am


I cleared the rootball


Jim and Sherry clear


Lower Sauk view


Breif view of Mt. Baker to the north


Looking upstream


Suiattle confluence adds a lot of water


WA 530 bridge and takeout below


USGS Flow at 06/24/2017 12:00 PDT 7,150 CFS 6.02'
06/25/2017 12:00 PDT 8,190 CFS 6.35'

    Credits:
  1. U.O.N., Olympus Stylus 770SW Digital Photography by William F. Smith (7.1 MP, 3072x2304 HQ, 3X optical 38-114mm)
  2. Olympus ST-6000 Digital Photography by Linda Schwartz (10 MP, 3.6X optical 28-102mm)

Last Update 26-Jun-17