The River Log

Monday, July 26th

2010-07-27T09:19:00.000-07:00

Upper Spokane River
Barker to Sullivan
Gordon, Jillian, Megan, Mike Wooten
1400cfs

Slow and boney, but still totally fun. I got stuck on a rock in upper S-turn and again at the top of Flora, but that is to be expected. Fun, technical, easy. Lovely hot weather.

Just a trickle through Split Rock at this level, but Gord and Mike ran it anyway. : )

Monday, July 19th

2010-07-20T12:18:00.000-07:00

Wow. Wow. Wow. It's been a loooooong time since we've been on the river. What happened? Well, we got into biking. Some of our favorite boaters left town. We got lazy?

In any case, it felt sooooo good to be back on the river! Sunshine, warm water, no swims, a fun group! We are going to try to keep a standing monday night paddle going the rest of the summer (river willing).

Jilian, Gordon, Megan, Kent, Bettie Ann
Upper Spokane River, 2200 cfs
Barker to Mirabeau

Level is great--Sullivan Hole is in. Best rapids are Lower S-Turn and DeathCoaster (newly-named!). Oh, and "Flora our old friend" of course! : )

Lower Spokane

2010-05-21T16:29:00.001-07:00

RCLS Crew, Matt Chase, Chris Cindric, Drew,Gordon and Hoppe.

Drew tackled Gordon and made him swim. Dirt pool! I did start it though. Tried to pull the raft guides out of their boats.

14000cfs

TJ to Pleese.

5-17-10

2010-05-18T18:32:00.000-07:00

Kent and Gordon, lower Spokane at 10000cfs. Tons of good surf waves.

Saturday, May 16th

2010-05-17T09:33:00.000-07:00

Upper Spokane, Barker to Mirabeau
Gordon, Jillian, Drew, and Curtis
~8,000 cfs

A fun run. Next time, hit split rock! Everything big and easy. : )

4/30/10

2010-05-06T08:45:00.000-07:00

Lower Spokane

6,000 cfs

Peak 7 crew, people from work and Gordon.

Fun mellow trip, threw my pyrahna at several kids.

4-27-10

2010-04-28T21:16:00.000-07:00

Upper Spokane

Curtis, Gordon, Meagan, Drew

6500cfs, Mini Climax looked awesome. Meagan forgot her helmet and Drew ran the stretch without one. Curtis refused to roll. Meagan swam at the take out and gave me the glare of death when I teased her about it. Later we had drinks at her new place.

4/26/10

2010-04-28T21:13:00.000-07:00

Mike Wooten, Zack, Sean, Gordon and someone else. Lower Spokane from the Frolf course to Pleese. Unsuccessful in finding Leahs paddle.

65000 cfs, the hole prior to the Bowl and Pitcher was a bit retentive.

4/24 & 4/25

2010-04-26T12:21:00.001-07:00

Upper Spokane

24th with Sean running shuttle. Jillian and Gordon. Jill's first run in awhile.

25th with Drew, Jim, and Charlene. Gordon and Jillian. Drews first day this year.

4/20/10

2010-04-21T21:37:00.000-07:00

Leah and Gordon Lower Spokane.

6000cfs.

Leah had a horrible swim near the bowl and pitcher. Almost got eaten by a log jam.

All ended well, except we lost a paddle.

haven't been logging the trips!!

2010-04-14T13:07:00.000-07:00

Okay, last week Gordon ran the lower with Leah at 5000
Week prior ran the St. Maries with Kent, Terri, Mike, Gordon- Terry swam, Mike and Kent fought at the take-out.
Week for ran the lower with Kent... and I am sure I forgot a few.

Feb 20, 2010

2010-02-21T11:23:00.000-08:00

Kent, Mike Wooten, Jim Nelson, Gordon

Lower Spokane

Jim's first time through the toenail. Kent threw Mike's boat, (my Karnali) downstream at the takeout and had to chase it for a ways.

Wednesday, February 17th

2010-02-19T17:26:00.000-08:00

OPEN POOL!!

Jillian and Gordon!
There were only about 5 of us in the pool, so there was a lot of space! Jillian worked on her roll, combat rolling, and off-sides (which is still gone at this point). Gordon worked on his cartwheel.

Stopped off at Fish Lake to look at the sparkly stars on the drive home. : )

Sunday, February 7th

2010-02-07T14:42:00.001-08:00

Upper Spokane River, Barker Bridge to Sullivan Park.
~3000 cfs
COLD!

Jillian, Kent, Terry, and Mya. Nate and Erin in the canoe, Ryan in an IK. Ryan's first time down the Spokane. Was supposed to be sunny and beautiful, but was cold, cloudy and beautiful instead.

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

2010-02-01T10:17:00.000-08:00

Upper Spokane River, Barker to Sullivan.

4000 CFS.

Jim, Charlene, Gordon, and Jillian. A chilly, rainy, beautiful day on the river. Jillian punched Sullivan Hole.

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

2010-02-01T10:16:00.000-08:00

Open Pool with Jillian, Caitlin, and Amanda. A smallish OP, but a fun evening. Cait started working on her roll--she got air a couple times, so she is starting to get it down!

01/24

2010-01-24T17:09:00.000-08:00

Jillian, Gordon, Mike, Kent, Daniel, Tim, Jason, Nate, Erin

Upper Spokane, Barker - Sullivan

3800cfs

Nate and Erin canoed, Mike tried out Gordons boat. Fun, Sunny paddle!

01/23

2010-01-24T17:07:00.000-08:00

Lower Spokane

Kent, Mike, Gordon

4000cfs

Found Kent's paddle from last week!

January 17, 2010

2010-01-19T10:44:00.001-08:00

Kent, Will, and Gordon

Upper Spokane, Barker to Sullivan
~3000 cfs

Will's first time down the river in a kayak. He did great, but did nearly go over mini-climax at Flora. A fun run!

January 16th, 2010

2010-01-17T11:21:00.000-08:00

Lower Spokane River, Poo Plant to kayaker take-out. 2,800 cfs. The river was very brown because Latah is running high right now, dumping who-knows-what into the Spokane.

Kent and Gordon. Kent lost his paddle at the D's T.

January 10, 2010

2010-01-11T11:48:00.001-08:00

First paddle of the new year!!

Upper Spokane River, Barker to Sullivan Park. ~3000 c.f.s.
Kent, Mike Wooten, Tim, Jillian, Gordon

A fun level--Sullivan wave is not in at all, but the hole is good. A beautiful sunny January day. Highs around 35. We had a fabulous time!

December 5, 2009

2009-12-11T11:00:00.001-08:00

Little Spokane River, Indian Painted Rocks to Canoe Take-out

28 degrees.

John Henry, Leah, and Sean Juan in the canoe. Gordon and Jillian in kayaks.

Ice on the river. A great run!

11/8/09

2009-11-08T19:21:00.000-08:00

Upper Spokane

2400cfs

Jillian, Gordon, Drew, Kent

Cold! Pushed Kent into a bow stall :-)

10/30/09

2009-10-30T17:12:00.000-07:00

Kent, Sherri, Gordon

2200cfs

Upper Spokane...

Gorilla Boating!!!! Pics soon.

10/29/09

2009-10-30T07:04:00.000-07:00

Upper Spokane

Intro to Kayak Class

2100cfs

Drew, Matt, Dustin, Mike H., Gordon, and a class of Joes

10/27/09

2009-10-27T21:19:00.000-07:00

Upper Spokane

Sherri, Duke, Kent, Gordon

Sweet Surf Sesh! Will post videos later.

2100cfs

10/25/09

2009-10-25T15:52:00.000-07:00

Upper Spokane

1900cfs

Drew, Gordon, Sherri

good times, super hung over from the OYC party last night, almost ralphed after spinning too many times, wasn't a good roller.

10/23

2009-10-25T15:50:00.000-07:00

Afternoon Lower Spokane run

Curtis, Rachel, Gordon

2200? cfs

Rachel is a new person to the Spokane boating community, solid paddler in a tiny playboat.

10/23

2009-10-25T15:49:00.001-07:00

Lower Spokane

2100cfs

Drew, Duke, Gordon

Fun!! Ran the toenail center-right line with tight left turn hole punch maneuver, wicked sweet. Drew says I can say I run the toenail now.

10/22/09

2009-10-25T15:47:00.000-07:00

Upper Spokane

Meagan, Sherri, Duke, Gordon

2000cfs

I almost got ated by Sullivan

10/20/09

2009-10-25T15:45:00.000-07:00

Upper Spokane

Sherri, Jillian, and Gordon

2000cfs

an impromptu midday bad news coping paddle :-)

Sunday, October 18th

2009-10-25T15:40:00.000-07:00

Priest River!! (Double Run)

CFS 2600

Sherri, Duke, Kent, Curtis, Megan, Gordon, Jillian, Terry, Susan, Pat, Ken, Doug, Chris, and Bob

This was our "goodbye Duke and Sherri" trip. It was awesome! This was our first time on the Priest. It is a short, fast run, so if you go, you gotta do a couple runs in a row. There is only one major rapid, called Bernard's Rapid. The clean run is right-center. There are two room-sized holes on the left-center run, but they are doable.

We had a great barbecue afterwords : ).

10/16/09

2009-10-20T18:30:00.000-07:00

Upper Spokane

Gordon, Scooter, Kent, Sherri

1700cfs

Good times, Scoot swam at sullivan lol

10/15/09

2009-10-20T18:29:00.000-07:00

Upper with the RCLS intro class.

Dustin, Sean, Gordon, Matt instructed

10/13/09

2009-10-13T16:41:00.000-07:00

Lower Spokane

1500cfs

Drew, Curtis, Gordon

Good run, went in the Karnali which I love. Ran the Toenail. Very fast right now on the right side.

10/9-10/10-10/11

2009-10-13T16:38:00.000-07:00

Salmon River

Mill Wave on Friday, Upper Middle on Sat ending with a surf at Hippy, Lower Middle on Sunday to Chair Creek.

Drew, Gordon, Leah, Brett, Curtis, Mike H, Dustin, Tim, Mike H, Matt Chase, Steve and Christy, Kent and Hoppe.

Good times, Saved Hoppe a ton. Drew had a swim at Hippy.

10/8/09

2009-10-13T16:36:00.000-07:00

Upper Spokane

Sullivan - Mirabu

Helped with Matt's intro to kayak class

Drew, Matt, Dustin, Mike H, Gordon, Georgia, the Johns, Joe the intern, Kara... some others

1400 cfs

October 11th, 2009

2009-10-12T08:26:00.001-07:00

Upper Spokane, Barker Bridge to Sullivan Park
1540 cfs (yay it went up! [barely])

Sherri Warner and Jillian

Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold!! It was about 49 degress outside. We stayed warm while on the river, but when we got out, changed, and loaded our boats up, I thought my fingers were going to freeze right off! I must remember to bring warm, dry glove to put on after boating from now on.

Sullivan Wave is pretty delicious right now, but as cold as it is, it's hard to want to stay and surf for long.

10/06/09

2009-10-06T19:19:00.000-07:00

Drew and Gordon

1500cfs

Lower Spokane Pooh Plant to Pleas Flats

Went in the Ammo :-)

10/3/09

2009-10-06T19:18:00.000-07:00

Intermediate class,

1500cfs

Upper Spokane

Brett, Drew, Sherri, Matt, Dustin, Mike, Leah, Tim, Kent, Gordon

October 5th, 2009

2009-10-06T07:59:00.000-07:00

Upper Spokane River, Barker Bridge to Sullivan Park
Drew, Megan, Duke, Sherri, Gordon, & Jillian
1500 CFS

Our first time in our new Pyranha boats!! Gordon paddled his new Karnali and Jill paddled her new Ammo. We loved them! Were on the river until it got dark.

Went out for beer and pizza at Benneditos afterwards. : )

October 4th, 2009

2009-10-05T08:27:00.001-07:00

Upper Spokane--Barker to Sullivan
1500 cfs
Drew, Curtis, and Jillian

A beautiful, sunny, windy day. It was very chilly, but we dressed for it. We're all still looking forward to a couple more 100 cfs.

The Uppper Spokane 10/01/09

2009-10-02T08:22:00.000-07:00

CFS: 1500ish? Felt a little higher than it has been in awhile. We are maybe losing hope in the CFS readings....

Barker to Sullivan
John Henry, Leah, Gordon, Jillian, Duke

A very nice run!! It was cold, but we were dressed for it this time. Flora was an absolute dream. Sullivan is a bit steep at this level (whatever the hell the level is...) but should even out and become delicious with a few more hundred CFS.

The Upper Spokane River

2009-10-01T08:13:00.001-07:00

Barker to Sullivan
09/29/09 Tuesday
CFS: I don't know, maybe around 1500, but it all seems the same right now: Bony as hell! (but fun!)

Leah, Gordon, Jillian

John ran our shuttle for us and rode his bike along the Centennial Trail taking photos. Will post them if I ever get ahold of them (ahem, ahem).

Oh, and it was very cold! My first run where it actually felt like fall. It's time to up the gear, that's for sure.

Sept. 28 2009

2009-09-28T19:41:00.000-07:00

Upper Spokane

1470cfs

Drew, Meagan, Gordon

Meagan was 10/10 for rolls and Gordon scratched his boat.

Lower

2009-09-27T11:23:00.001-07:00

Lower Spokane x2

1500 cfs

Leah and Drew and Gordon

Drew had a swim in the toenail

9/25/09

Upper

2009-09-27T11:21:00.002-07:00

Upper Spokane
Gordon & Megan

Meagan 7/9 rolls!!

1400cfs

9/24/09

Lower

2009-09-27T11:21:00.001-07:00

Lower Spokane, Curtis, Drew & Gordon

1500cfs

9/23/09

Getting up to date

2009-09-22T20:31:00.000-07:00

2x lower. Gordon with Drew and Curtis prior to Oklahoma.

Salmon River from the 17th - 21st with Kent, Drew, Meagan, Duke, and Curtis. @4000cfs

Upper on the 21st with Drew, Leah, Jake 1300cfs

Upper on the 22nd with Drew, Mike H, Mya, Leah and John 1400cfs

Upper Spokane River

2009-09-17T08:17:00.000-07:00

Barker to Sullivan, 09/16/09

Jillian & Sherri with the SCKC
CFS: 1400? Others said 1250. It felt pretty low.

A nice run into the evening. We put on around 6 and it was twilight when we were done, very lovely day to be out there. Flora is fabulous right now--I wish I could run it over and over! Sullivan is still a little steep.

The Upper Spokane

2009-09-13T15:23:00.000-07:00

9/13/09

1340 CFS
Barker to Sullivan

Drew, Jillian, Sherri

A beautiful morning run. Blue skies. The run was a little rocky, but not too bad at all; we've definitly run it lower than this. Flora was especially fun at this level--technical, but nice and slow. Ron & Cindy came out to take photos of us (with Baker!). It was a very nice little paddle.

8/28

2009-09-05T12:59:00.000-07:00

Gordon, Drew, Scooter

Worked on wave :)

800cfs

poo plant to kayaker take out

Spokane

2009-08-26T12:54:00.000-07:00

Lower, poo plant to kayaker take out

Drew, Meagan, Gordon

Very boney, but doable. Log in between the two rocks in the B&P
Excellent surfing between the B&P and the toenail, which we portaged. Drew and I were going to run it but we had no throw bag.

900cfs

8/26/09

Lower Spokane

2009-08-19T08:01:00.000-07:00

8/18/09

Poo Plant to Kayaker takeout

Drew, Meagan, and Gordon

1200 cfs

Also

8/16/09

Drew and Gordon did a second run

Lower Spokane River

2009-08-16T15:24:00.000-07:00

August 16, 2009
Poo Plant to the Kayaker Take-out

1300 CFS

Jillian, Gordon, Curtis, & Drew

Jill's first time through the B&P!! Scary, but not too bad at this level. We portaged the D's T again. Jillian swam through a rocky bit just below the Toenail. Must have hit a rock or something. But didn't get too beat up :).

Gordon and Drew went back for a second run while Jill went home to make dinner.

Lower Spokane

2009-08-14T21:19:00.000-07:00

1100 CFS
Poo Plant to Kayaker Take-out
Drew, Gordon and Curtis

The B&P is quite navigable at this level. Jillian ran shuttle and was jealous that she didn't paddle. The Toenail is not currently navigable (as you can clearly see below) unless you are incredibly talented or incredibly stupid, so we portaged there.

Upper Lower Spokane River

2009-08-14T21:16:00.000-07:00

08/14/09

Water Street to TJ Meenach

1100 CFS
Drew, Gordon, & Jillian

A nice morning run. Clouded up when we were out there. The river is very shallow, but the lower is still very runnable. Afterwards we scouted the B&P and DT just for fun : ).

Spokane River

2009-08-11T08:47:00.000-07:00

Upper Section--Barker to Sullivan
8/10/09
CFS: 1350

Jillian, Drew, Megan, Curtis, and Sherri

A very rocky run, more like an obstacle course that kayaking, really. But very fun! Curtis surfed everything. Jillian got stuck backwards in S-Turn twice due to rocks. Good times.

Clark Fork

2009-08-11T08:43:00.000-07:00

Alberton Gorge

8/9/09

5,370 cfs

Gordon, Kent, Chris, Doug, Duke, Kent, on the kayak run in the morning.

Gordon, Jillian, Sherri, Terri, Susan, Doug, Chris, Kent, on the later morning run.

Clark Fork

2009-08-11T08:40:00.000-07:00

Alberton Gorge x2

Gordon x 2 , Jillian x 1/2, Drew x 1 1/2, Meagan x1, Sherri x1 , Duke x1 , Doug x 2, Chris x 2, Kent x 2, Curtis x 1 1/2

8/8/09 - Gordon's Birthday

4, 540 cfs

Photos

Clark Fork

2009-08-11T08:36:00.000-07:00

Alberton Gorge

8/7/09

3,890 Cfs

Gordon, Jillian, Drew, Meagan, Kent, Duke

Jillian had 4 combat rolls and 2 swims :-)

Photos

Spokane River (Upper-Lower)

2009-08-04T20:12:00.001-07:00

Water St. to TJ Meenoch

8/4/09
Curtis, Jillian, Gordon
1300 CFS

We ran into Drew on a paid rafting trip along the way. He was taking a family of Texans down in a ROW raft. We had a great time chatting with them. The level is low, but ther are some fun play waves, especially on the lower half of the Upper Lower. Beautiful weather--96 degrees in downtown Spokane.

Upper Spokane

2009-08-04T10:49:00.000-07:00

Barker to Sullivan

August 2nd

1400 cfs

Drew, Curtis, Chris Hoppe, Gordon

Bony as all get out. Dropped my keys in the drink at the take out :-( But recovered them after searching for a few minutes. :-)

Clark Fork- Alberton Gorge

2009-08-04T10:47:00.000-07:00

7/31- Kent, Sherri, Matt, Gordon

Cyr to Kayak take-out

Tons of fun. Triple Bridges was't quite in. Awesome surf wave river left after Tumbleweed. Fang was surfable.

Photos Here

4700cfs

Fish Lake

2009-07-23T07:43:00.000-07:00

Date: July 22nd
Who: Gordon and John Wright

John's second roll lesson. He totally rocked it! I've never seen anyone get their roll so quickly. He only missed a few--probably had about 10 good rolls in. John's roll is definitely a C-to-C Roll, although he tends to skip home base and go right to position 2, but somehow it works! Now we just have to get him out on the river!

Fish Lake

2009-07-23T07:39:00.001-07:00

Date: July 21st
Who: Gordon, Jillian, and John Wright

We gave John a quick lesson in kayaking basics including wet exits, T-rescues, and paddle strokes. He was anxious to try rolling, so we gave him a little lesson in that too. Amazingly enough he actually got one!

In other news, while we were out of town on a backcountry canoe trip on Ross Lake last week, Spokane River levels dropped to just about below-kayaking levels. So, so sad. Now hurry up Fall!

Spokane River

2009-07-15T18:42:00.000-07:00

Date: July 15th
Put in: Barker Bridge
Take Out: Sullivan Park
Flow: 2900 cfs

Group: Gordon, Jillian, Megan, Drew

Note: A beautiful, warm morning paddle. Megan worked on her roll. Sullivan Wave was not in, but the hole was nice. Jillian ran Split Rock for third time. Drew surfed Drew's Wave : ).