John and Donna Looze writes: > I am looking for some whitewater suggestions. Two of us have a week in > mid-November for a road trip. We are looking for some III - IV (easy V is > okay too) whitewater in either northern California, Oregon or Washington. The > other half of this duo is looking at the Cataract Canyon of the Colorado, but > I understand it is an ~100 mile trip with only ~ 5 miles of rapids. We do > have the publications for those areas, but would like some opinions on what, You have 'Soggy Sneakers' by the Willamette Kayak and Canoe club then? > if any, rivers are worth the drive from Idaho at this time of year. I don't have my copy near me, so I can't verify river levels for that time of year, but that said.. In Washington I hear the White Salmon is a great class IV run. I havn't done this one, but I keep hearing about it. I run the McKenzie a great deal as its nearly in my backyard, but thats really class II+. Upper McKenzie (Ollalie to Paradise) has a continuous class II+ thats rated III overall. It sounds like your interested in more something more challenging. For something closer to you, think about the Lower Metolius (III-IV). I've also run the Little North Santiam (III-IV) - Trolls teeth is a great rapid to run 8) Also, consider the Wild & Scenic portion of the Rogue if your able to self support and definatly look into N. Umpqua. If your interesting in hooking up with other boaters - WKCC (Willamette Kayak and Canoe Club) has an online calendar: http://www.wkcc.org/trips/trip1000.htm They also have a list of runs that have not made it into Soggy Sneakers: http://www.wkcc.org/riverinfo/miscruns2.htm - one of which is in SE Oregon (Donner Und Blitzen). Glen Acord - Eugene, OR WKCC, OKCC, OOPS Mariner II, Neckie Rip *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Oct 22 2000 - 14:20:25 PDT
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