| Date |
|
|
River |
Section |
Grade |
Flow |
Miles |
People |
Notes |
| 23 Jan 00 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer creek - Banks |
III |
400 |
5 miles |
BrianM,Will,Bill,+2 |
|
| Much colder than the previous run due to lack of sun. |
| 1 Aug 99 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1200 |
10 miles |
Brent, Rich, Will |
|
| 18 Jul 99 |
|
ID |
Payette Grandjean |
Grandjean - Bonneville |
III- |
1200 |
7 miles |
Will, Rich, BrianM |
|
| 17 Jul 99 |
 |
ID |
Bear Valley Creek |
|
III |
3ft |
12 miles |
Adrian, Rich, Will, Jacob, BrianM, Sharpes |
|
| This trip was batchelor weekend arranged by Adrian. We drank, hacked, juggled hot coals, farted around the camp fire and paddled. A bit of swimming by Jacob and the Adrian-Sharpes duo (immediately above a log!) kept the river trip interesting. |
| 17 Jul 99 |
 |
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1500 |
10 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| How good it was to be back on this brilliant stretch of white-water! The sun was shining and flow was playful. |
| 13 Sep 98 |
 |
ID |
Snake Murtaugh |
|
IV+ |
1500 |
13 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| Great fun at this flow, with a gnarly bunch of drops. Rich took a nasty swim in Duck Blind, his first in almost two years! |
| 12 Aug 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower 5 |
V- |
1380 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will, Jim |
|
| 9 Aug 98 |
 |
OR |
Descutes |
Meadow - Bachelor Village |
IV+ |
2000 |
5 miles |
Will |
|
| Scary little run. We were particularly concerned in the rapid "Amazing" where we had no choice but to punch a sequence of enormous river-wide holes. |
| 8 Aug 98 |
|
OR |
Pacific Ocean |
Sandy beach |
|
|
|
Will |
|
| Surfing in medium-sized waves. |
| 8 Aug 98 |
|
OR |
Clackamas |
Lower Three Lynx |
III- |
1000 |
5 miles |
Will |
|
| The road was blocked to the more exiting upper stretch, this lower stretch was pretty boring. |
| 3 Aug 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower 5 |
V- |
1400 |
5 miles |
Will, Jim |
|
| 16 Jul 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower Five |
V- |
1400 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| Will's first go at the North Fork went smoothly. |
| 11 Jul 98 |
 |
ID |
Salmon South Fork |
Putin - Mackey Bar |
IV+ |
4' |
32 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| Shuttle got complicated when one of the roads was blocked by a huge tree. Absolutely brilliant white-water - gotta go back with playboat. Saw a huge brown bear with two cubs. Flew out of Mackey Bar with all the gear in little plane. |
| 30 May 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Cabarton |
|
III+ |
3600 |
9 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 27 May 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer creek - Banks |
IV |
2500 |
5 miles |
Will |
|
| 16 May 98 |
 |
ID |
Big Creek/MF Salmon |
Big creek - MF/Main Salmon |
IV+ |
4.5' |
60 miles |
Brad, Brent, Rich, Will |
|
| Trip Report. We packed five kayaks in two Cessna planes which dropped us off at the put-in. Day 1: Tight, technical, logs, snow, great fun. Day 2: Bigger, brilliant 5-mile section, Yoist! Day 3: Middle Fork, *huge* waves, got worked in hole and swam, surfed our brains out. |
| 8 May 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III |
9000 |
5 miles |
Will |
|
| 7 May 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III |
9000 |
5 miles |
Brent, Ken, Will |
|
| The main was at a perfect play flow. Awesome waves at Bennett's Rock and great ender hole above Chief Parrish. |
| 2 May 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer creek - Banks |
IV |
2500 |
5 miles |
Will |
|
| The runoff has started - the river was a big flush |
| 24 Apr 98 |
 |
ID |
Bruneau |
Jarbidge - Bruneau |
III+ |
1200 |
71 miles |
Brad, Rich, Will |
|
| It rained hard all Friday night and some of Saturday which was lucky because it gave the flow a good boost. Everyone except Rich portaged Sevy Falls and Willy's Wallow (logjam). Great trip. |
| 19 Apr 98 |
|
ID |
Boise South Fork |
The Canyon |
III |
1760 |
14 miles |
Will |
|
| 18 Apr 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
490 |
10 miles |
Will |
|
| 5 Apr 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
900 |
10 miles |
Will |
|
| 4 Apr 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
III+ |
900 |
5 miles |
Will, Brad |
|
| 15 Mar 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III- |
2500 |
5 miles |
Will, Rich, Andrew, Matt |
|
| 14 Mar 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III- |
2500 |
5 miles |
Will |
|
| 8 Mar 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III- |
1550 |
5 miles |
Will, Dennis |
|
| 31 Jan 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III- |
1500 |
5 miles |
Will, Brent |
|
| The play wave above Mike's Hole is great, but it it was bloody cold. |
| 7 Dec 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III- |
1500 |
5 miles |
Will |
|
| We spent ages at a superb playwave above Mike's Hole. |
| 18 Oct 97 |
 |
ID |
Snake Murtaugh |
|
IV |
6800 |
13 miles |
Will |
|
| 21 Sep 97 |
 |
ID |
Snake Murtaugh |
|
IV |
6700 |
13 miles |
Brent, Rich, Will |
|
| 27 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Bear Valley Creek |
|
III |
2' |
12 miles |
Adrian, Mike, Greg, Rich, Will |
|
| Almost too low to be enjoyable. Great hot springs. Mike got his paddle stuck under water in the middle of a rapid, but we got it back. We found some of the beer we lost on our Middle Fork trip two months prior! |
| 12 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
2200 |
12 miles |
Art, Brent, Dennis, Rich, Theresa, Will |
|
| 10 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV- |
2500 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 6 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Salmon Lower |
Riggins - Lucile |
III |
22500 |
7 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 5 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Clearwater South Fork |
Lower |
III+ |
1250 |
12 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| Rich had to literally run the shuttle - all 12 miles of it. |
| 4 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Lochsa |
Fish Creek - Split Creek |
IV- |
6200 |
9 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 26 Jun 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Slalom - Chief Parrish |
IV- |
6000 |
6 miles |
Uffe, Rich, Will |
|
| Slalom was Uffe's first class IV rapid which he decided to do in style - backwards! |
| 25 Jun 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
5800 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| Willz started swimming in Staircase but found the water too cold, climbed back in his boat and finished the rapid with a boat full of water! |
| 12 Jun 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
14000 |
7 miles |
Uffe, Rich, Will |
|
| 7 Jun 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Beehive |
IV+ |
5500 |
12 miles |
Andy, Rich, Will,+8 |
|
| Huge water on the South Fork. |
| 1 Jun 97 |
 |
OR |
Owyhee Main |
Three Forks - Rome |
IV |
1300 |
37 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 29 May 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
11000 |
7 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 18 May 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Grandjean |
Helende - Lowman |
IV- |
6300 |
5 miles |
Will, Rich |
|
| The water was very high and pushy. We portaged "Wake Up" rapid. Willz gets the attitude award for back- and side-surfing a monster hole before swimming out. It took about 1/2 mile to get the carnage to shore. |
| 27 Apr 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Slalom - Beehive |
III |
10000 |
6 miles |
Will, Dennis |
|
| 21 Apr 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Cabarton |
|
III |
1700? |
9 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 5 Apr 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Chief Parrish |
IV |
1200 |
10 miles |
Rich, Will, Dennis |
|
| I demo'd a Descente (big volume sausage boat) for the day. Not as fun as the R.P.M. but more stable! |
| 1 Feb 97 |
 |
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
910 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will, Brad |
|
| A very intense run despite the low flow. Bronco Billy has become quite serious thanks to a huge mud-slide from the right bank. |
| 25 Jan 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III- |
6000 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will, Brad |
|
| It was snowing all day - we had icicles hanging from the helmets. The Main had changed significantly from last year because of mud-slides. There were several new rapids such as Wensel's Wave, a great surf wave just below Mike's Hole. |
| 13 Oct 96 |
 |
WA |
White Salmon |
BZ Corner - Husum Falls |
IV+ |
750 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will, Allan, Luke, Terry |
 |
| A trip of epic quality. I broke the blade of my paddle at mile 2 but finished the run, including the thrilling 15ft drop at Husum Falls. |
| 12 Oct 96 |
 |
OR |
Pacific Ocean |
|
III+ |
lots |
|
Rich, Will |
 |
| Great surfing. |
| 5 Oct 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III- |
1400 |
7 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 22 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Dog Leg - Banks |
IV |
1400 |
4 miles |
Rich, Brad, Andy, Will |
|
| 10 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Chief Parrish |
IV- |
1450 |
10 miles |
Rich, Will,+2 |
|
| 10 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
3100 |
7 miles |
Rich, Will,+4 |
|
| I rented a Dagger R.P.M. playboat for the day. |
| 25 Jul 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
3500 |
7 miles |
Rich, Will, Dennis |
|
| 11 Jul 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
4800 |
7 miles |
Rich, Andy, Andrew, Will |
|
| Date |
|
|
River |
Section |
Grade |
Flow |
Miles |
People |
Notes |
| 20 Aug 98 |
 |
ID |
Salmon Middle Fork |
Boundary Creek - Cache Bar |
III+ |
2' |
100 miles |
Theresa, Adrian, Henriette, Gary, +5 |
|
| Great, relaxing trip - very different from last year's high-water trip. I'll post some pictures when they get developed. |
| 2 Aug 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF/Main |
Confluence - Beehive |
IV- |
|
14 miles |
Theresa, Jeff, +10 |
|
| 26 Jul 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1500 |
12 miles |
Theresa, Adrian, Gary, Steve, +20 |
|
| Great play flow. |
| 23 Jul 98 |
 |
ID |
Snake |
Hell's Canyon |
IV |
25000 |
32 miles |
Theresa, +16 |
|
| Theresa wrote an excellent trip report. |
| 26 Jun 98 |
|
ID |
Bear Valley Creek |
Elk G.S. - Dagger Falls |
III- |
4' |
18 miles |
Theresa, Adrian, Henriette |
|
| Henriette's first river trip. We went in inflatable kayaks - one tandem and two singles. It pissed down with rain the first day, but the next days were excellent. Camped at the hot springs where we had too many G&Ts. Theresa got munched by a nasty hole, but recovered quickly. Saw huge, jumping salmon trying to negotiate Dagger Falls. Theresa wrote a trip report. |
| 11 Jun 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
9000 |
7 miles |
Theresa, Adrian, Jacob, Trisha, Tito, Anthony |
|
| We rented a raft and I had my first guiding experience with no major incidents. |
| 24 May 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette Cabarton |
|
III+ |
3600 |
9 miles |
Adrian, Theresa, Brandon |
|
| A very exciting run at this flow. Theresa and Brandon swam a few time in the big waves in Trestle rapid. I got my helment sucked off going through Howard's Plunge (really!), and Adrian was launched into mid-space. A crowd of 10-20 people with video cameras were entertained as we scrambled to get his paddle and my helmet, and continue down the drop. |
| 9 May 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
10000 |
7 miles |
Theresa, Brent, Ken |
|
| 16 Aug 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Beehive - Horseshoe |
II+ |
3600 |
5 miles |
Brad, Rich, Theresa,+Boy Scouts |
|
| 21 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
4200 |
7 miles |
Theresa |
|
| 12 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
2200 |
12 miles |
Art, Brent, Dennis, Rich, Theresa, Will |
|
| 12 Jul 96 |
 |
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV+ |
3200 |
12 miles |
Theresa, Rex, Patrick, +HP |
|
| Rafting trip. My half of the raft got tipped in the top of the Surprise rapid so I swam it including the hole at the bottom. |
| Date |
|
|
River |
Section |
Grade |
Flow |
Miles |
People |
Notes |
| 19 Jun 00 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer creek - Banks |
IV |
2200 |
5 miles |
Rich |
|
| Final run before going back to the UK. Great play. |
| 15 Jun 00 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
3000 |
10 miles |
Rich, Brad, Jeff |
|
| Still my favourite run! A couple of miles in, Rich decided to slam his nose into my paddle as I went stern squirting into the eddy he was sitting in. Lots of blood, but Brad created a good ducked tape bandage and we went on. Back in town, he got four stitches... That should teach him not to hog the eddies! (sorry dude) |
| 11 Jun 00 |
 |
ID |
Payette Warren Wagon |
|
IV- |
600 |
5 miles |
Rich |
|
| Fun creek run, although cold in the rain. 2 portages. |
| 12 Jun 00 |
 |
ID |
Lochsa |
Fish creek - Pipeline |
IV |
3.5' |
8 miles |
Rich |
|
| Great to back in BIG water. Had the honor of getting and shuttle with Rob Lesser (see "Kayak legends") who also gave tips at the surf wave. |
| 13 Jun 00 |
 |
ID |
Lochsa |
Whitepine - mile130 |
IV |
4.5' |
8 miles |
Rich |
|
| HUGE waves and holes everywhere but plenty of time to get around them. We carefully planned our way through Castle rapid, but didn't recognize it and went down the wrong side (left). |
| 1 Aug 99 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1200 |
10 miles |
Brent, Rich, Will |
|
| 18 Jul 99 |
|
ID |
Payette Grandjean |
Grandjean - Bonneville |
III- |
1200 |
7 miles |
Will, Rich, BrianM |
|
| 17 Jul 99 |
 |
ID |
Bear Valley Creek |
|
III |
3ft |
12 miles |
Adrian, Rich, Will, Jacob, BrianM, Sharpes |
|
| This trip was batchelor weekend arranged by Adrian. We drank, hacked, juggled hot coals, farted around the camp fire and paddled. A bit of swimming by Jacob and the Adrian-Sharpes duo (immediately above a log!) kept the river trip interesting. |
| 17 Jul 99 |
 |
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1500 |
10 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| How good it was to be back on this brilliant stretch of white-water! The sun was shining and flow was playful. |
| 19 Sep 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Upper 5 |
V |
1000 |
5 miles |
Rich |
|
| 16 Sep 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower 7 |
V |
1200 |
7 miles |
Rich |
|
| We walked Jaws I&II. I got somewhat munched in Jaws III - the tip of my boat got bent straight up. |
| 13 Sep 98 |
 |
ID |
Snake Murtaugh |
|
IV+ |
1500 |
13 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| Great fun at this flow, with a gnarly bunch of drops. Rich took a nasty swim in Duck Blind, his first in almost two years! |
| 29 Aug 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1500 |
10 miles |
Brad, Rich |
|
| 16 Aug 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1500 |
10 miles |
Rich |
|
| 15 Aug 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
3000 |
7 miles |
Brian, Becky, Rich |
|
| 15 Aug 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower 5 |
V- |
1380 |
5 miles |
Rich |
|
| 12 Aug 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower 5 |
V- |
1380 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will, Jim |
|
| 5 Aug 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower 5 |
V- |
1400 |
5 miles |
Rich |
|
| 29 Jul 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower 5 |
V- |
1390 |
5 miles |
Brad, Rich, Stan, Betsy |
|
| 28 Jul 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower 5 |
V- |
1390 |
5 miles |
Art, Rich |
|
| I screwed up in "Crunch" but recovered. |
| 16 Jul 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower Five |
V- |
1400 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| Will's first go at the North Fork went smoothly. |
| 14 Jul 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Hound's tooth - Otter incl. |
V- |
1400 |
3 miles |
Brad, Rich |
|
| Brad's first go at the North Fork. He did a couple of rolls but otherwise there were no problems. |
| 11 Jul 98 |
 |
ID |
Salmon South Fork |
Putin - Mackey Bar |
IV+ |
4' |
32 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| Shuttle got complicated when one of the roads was blocked by a huge tree. Absolutely brilliant white-water - gotta go back with playboat. Saw a huge brown bear with two cubs. Flew out of Mackey Bar with all the gear in little plane. |
| 7 Jul 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
2000 |
5 miles |
Rich |
|
| 1 Jul 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
2500 |
5 miles |
Rich |
|
| 9 Jun 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer creek - Banks |
IV |
3000 |
5 miles |
Rich, Mark |
|
| 7 Jun 98 |
|
ID |
Yankee Fork |
|
III |
medium |
3 miles |
Rich |
|
| 6 Jun 98 |
|
ID |
Boise North Fork |
|
IV- |
1800 |
8 miles |
Rich |
|
| Rich ran the 18 miles shuttle on his mountain bike. Very hard work. |
| 30 May 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Cabarton |
|
III+ |
3600 |
9 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 16 May 98 |
 |
ID |
Big Creek/MF Salmon |
Big creek - MF/Main Salmon |
IV+ |
4.5' |
60 miles |
Brad, Brent, Rich, Will |
|
| Trip Report. We packed five kayaks in two Cessna planes which dropped us off at the put-in. Day 1: Tight, technical, logs, snow, great fun. Day 2: Bigger, brilliant 5-mile section, Yoist! Day 3: Middle Fork, *huge* waves, got worked in hole and swam, surfed our brains out. |
| 24 Apr 98 |
 |
ID |
Bruneau |
Jarbidge - Bruneau |
III+ |
1200 |
71 miles |
Brad, Rich, Will |
|
| It rained hard all Friday night and some of Saturday which was lucky because it gave the flow a good boost. Everyone except Rich portaged Sevy Falls and Willy's Wallow (logjam). Great trip. |
| 11 Apr 98 |
 |
ID |
Little Salmon |
Hazard creek - Riggins |
IV- |
980 |
15 miles |
Rich |
|
| A very exciting run - some desperate moves required to avoid the fishing lines from all the anglers. |
| 7 Apr 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer creek - Banks |
III+ |
900 |
5 miles |
Brad, Brent, Rich |
|
| 15 Mar 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III- |
2500 |
5 miles |
Will, Rich, Andrew, Matt |
|
| 21 Sep 97 |
 |
ID |
Snake Murtaugh |
|
IV |
6700 |
13 miles |
Brent, Rich, Will |
|
| 16 Aug 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
800 |
10 miles |
Rich, Art, John,? |
|
| Play-city! |
| 16 Aug 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Beehive - Horseshoe |
II+ |
3600 |
5 miles |
Brad, Rich, Theresa,+Boy Scouts |
|
| 15 Aug 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III (X) |
3600 |
5 miles |
Brad, Rich |
|
| The annual midnight run. |
| 14 Aug 97 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower Five |
V- |
1450 |
5 miles |
Brent, Art, Rich, David |
|
| This time I went in my RPM. Most of us tipped over in Hound's Tooth, but otherwise we had a clean run. |
| 27 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Bear Valley Creek |
|
III |
2' |
12 miles |
Adrian, Mike, Greg, Rich, Will |
|
| Almost too low to be enjoyable. Great hot springs. Mike got his paddle stuck under water in the middle of a rapid, but we got it back. We found some of the beer we lost on our Middle Fork trip two months prior! |
| 22 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV- |
1500 |
5 miles |
Brent, Brad, Rich |
|
| 19 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1500 |
12 miles |
Josh, Rich, Tico |
|
| 15 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Swirly Canyon |
III- |
1800 |
8 miles |
Rich, Mike, Bill |
|
| 12 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
2200 |
12 miles |
Art, Brent, Dennis, Rich, Theresa, Will |
|
| 10 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV- |
2500 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 6 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Salmon Lower |
Riggins - Lucile |
III |
22500 |
7 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 5 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Clearwater South Fork |
Lower |
III+ |
1250 |
12 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| Rich had to literally run the shuttle - all 12 miles of it. |
| 4 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Lochsa |
Fish Creek - Split Creek |
IV- |
6200 |
9 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 26 Jun 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Slalom - Chief Parrish |
IV- |
6000 |
6 miles |
Uffe, Rich, Will |
|
| Slalom was Uffe's first class IV rapid which he decided to do in style - backwards! |
| 25 Jun 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
5800 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| Willz started swimming in Staircase but found the water too cold, climbed back in his boat and finished the rapid with a boat full of water! |
| 14 Jun 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Cabarton |
|
III+ |
3800 |
9 miles |
Uffe, Rich |
|
| The perfect flow for this run - lots of surfing and playspots. |
| 12 Jun 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
14000 |
7 miles |
Uffe, Rich, Will |
|
| 7 Jun 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Beehive |
IV+ |
5500 |
12 miles |
Andy, Rich, Will,+8 |
|
| Huge water on the South Fork. |
| 1 Jun 97 |
 |
OR |
Owyhee Main |
Three Forks - Rome |
IV |
1300 |
37 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 29 May 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
11000 |
7 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 18 May 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Grandjean |
Helende - Lowman |
IV- |
6300 |
5 miles |
Will, Rich |
|
| The water was very high and pushy. We portaged "Wake Up" rapid. Willz gets the attitude award for back- and side-surfing a monster hole before swimming out. It took about 1/2 mile to get the carnage to shore. |
| 3 May 97 |
 |
ID |
Bruneau |
Jarbidge - Bruneau |
IV |
1500 |
69 miles |
Brad, Brent, Rich |
|
| A festive trip - a full report will follow shortly. My first self-support trip and the maiden voyage for my new Wave Sport Extreme. |
| 21 Apr 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Cabarton |
|
III |
1700? |
9 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 5 Apr 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Chief Parrish |
IV |
1200 |
10 miles |
Rich, Will, Dennis |
|
| I demo'd a Descente (big volume sausage boat) for the day. Not as fun as the R.P.M. but more stable! |
| 23 Mar 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III |
8500 |
5 miles |
Rich |
|
| 1 Feb 97 |
 |
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
910 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will, Brad |
|
| A very intense run despite the low flow. Bronco Billy has become quite serious thanks to a huge mud-slide from the right bank. |
| 25 Jan 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III- |
6000 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will, Brad |
|
| It was snowing all day - we had icicles hanging from the helmets. The Main had changed significantly from last year because of mud-slides. There were several new rapids such as Wensel's Wave, a great surf wave just below Mike's Hole. |
| 13 Oct 96 |
 |
WA |
White Salmon |
BZ Corner - Husum Falls |
IV+ |
750 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will, Allan, Luke, Terry |
 |
| A trip of epic quality. I broke the blade of my paddle at mile 2 but finished the run, including the thrilling 15ft drop at Husum Falls. |
| 12 Oct 96 |
 |
OR |
Pacific Ocean |
|
III+ |
lots |
|
Rich, Will |
 |
| Great surfing. |
| 5 Oct 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III- |
1400 |
7 miles |
Rich, Will |
|
| 30 Aug 96 |
 |
ID |
Salmon Main |
Corn Creek - Vinegar Creek |
III+ |
2500 @C.C. |
82 miles |
Rich, Rocky and brother |
|
| Lots of good rapids, lots of boring flat streches. Much wildlife and history along the banks. Great trip. ( trip report) |
| 27 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III- (X) |
3000 |
5 miles |
Rich, Brad, Andy, Sam |
|
| A midnight float. It was a full moon - unfortunately behind lots of clouds! |
| 25 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1450 |
10 miles |
Rich, Doug |
|
| 24 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1450 |
10 miles |
Rich |
|
| 22 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Dog Leg - Banks |
IV |
1400 |
4 miles |
Rich, Brad, Andy, Will |
|
| 18 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
1400 |
5 miles |
Rich |
|
| 17 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1450 |
12 miles |
Rich, Brad |
|
| 15 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
1400 |
5 miles |
Robert, Jeff, Kris, Rich, Brad |
|
| 11 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Grandjean |
Grandjean - Lowman |
III+ |
600 |
22 miles |
Rich |
|
| 10 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Chief Parrish |
IV- |
1450 |
10 miles |
Rich, Will,+2 |
|
| 10 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
3100 |
7 miles |
Rich, Will,+4 |
|
| I rented a Dagger R.P.M. playboat for the day. |
| 8 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
1500 |
5 miles |
Rich, Andrew, Brad, Andy |
|
| 1 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Staircase |
IV (X) |
1700 |
3 miles |
Rich, Brad, Manny |
  |
| This was not a pleasant trip. I got caught in a log going down in the left side of Staircase and Brad had to get me out. |
| 29 Jul 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
1900 |
5 miles |
Rich, Brad |
|
| 25 Jul 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
3500 |
7 miles |
Rich, Will, Dennis |
|
| 21 Jul 96 |
|
ID |
Boise South Fork |
The Canyon |
III+ |
1600 |
14 miles |
Rich, Andy,+5 |
|
| 11 Jul 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
4800 |
7 miles |
Rich, Andy, Andrew, Will |
|
| 27 Jun 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
6700 |
7 miles |
Rich, Andy,+2 |
|
| Date |
|
|
River |
Section |
Grade |
Flow |
Miles |
People |
Notes |
| 1 Aug 99 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1200 |
10 miles |
Brent, Rich, Will |
|
| 16 May 98 |
 |
ID |
Big Creek/MF Salmon |
Big creek - MF/Main Salmon |
IV+ |
4.5' |
60 miles |
Brad, Brent, Rich, Will |
|
| Trip Report. We packed five kayaks in two Cessna planes which dropped us off at the put-in. Day 1: Tight, technical, logs, snow, great fun. Day 2: Bigger, brilliant 5-mile section, Yoist! Day 3: Middle Fork, *huge* waves, got worked in hole and swam, surfed our brains out. |
| 9 May 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
10000 |
7 miles |
Theresa, Brent, Ken |
|
| 7 May 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III |
9000 |
5 miles |
Brent, Ken, Will |
|
| The main was at a perfect play flow. Awesome waves at Bennett's Rock and great ender hole above Chief Parrish. |
| 16 Apr 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer creek - Banks |
III+ |
500 |
5 miles |
Brad, Brent |
|
| 7 Apr 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer creek - Banks |
III+ |
900 |
5 miles |
Brad, Brent, Rich |
|
| 31 Jan 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III- |
1500 |
5 miles |
Will, Brent |
|
| The play wave above Mike's Hole is great, but it it was bloody cold. |
| 21 Sep 97 |
 |
ID |
Snake Murtaugh |
|
IV |
6700 |
13 miles |
Brent, Rich, Will |
|
| 14 Aug 97 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower Five |
V- |
1450 |
5 miles |
Brent, Art, Rich, David |
|
| This time I went in my RPM. Most of us tipped over in Hound's Tooth, but otherwise we had a clean run. |
| 24 Jul 97 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower Five |
V- |
1460 |
5 miles |
Brent, Bob |
 |
| My first time down the infamous North Fork. Serious stuff, but we stayed on the lines... |
| 22 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV- |
1500 |
5 miles |
Brent, Brad, Rich |
|
| 17 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV- |
1500 |
5 miles |
Brent |
|
| 12 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
2200 |
12 miles |
Art, Brent, Dennis, Rich, Theresa, Will |
|
| 8 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Staircase - Chief Parrish |
III+ |
2600 |
7 miles |
Mike, Brent,+1 |
|
| 3 May 97 |
 |
ID |
Bruneau |
Jarbidge - Bruneau |
IV |
1500 |
69 miles |
Brad, Brent, Rich |
|
| A festive trip - a full report will follow shortly. My first self-support trip and the maiden voyage for my new Wave Sport Extreme. |
| Date |
|
|
River |
Section |
Grade |
Flow |
Miles |
People |
Notes |
| 15 Jun 00 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
3000 |
10 miles |
Rich, Brad, Jeff |
|
| Still my favourite run! A couple of miles in, Rich decided to slam his nose into my paddle as I went stern squirting into the eddy he was sitting in. Lots of blood, but Brad created a good ducked tape bandage and we went on. Back in town, he got four stitches... That should teach him not to hog the eddies! (sorry dude) |
| 29 Aug 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1500 |
10 miles |
Brad, Rich |
|
| 29 Jul 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Lower 5 |
V- |
1390 |
5 miles |
Brad, Rich, Stan, Betsy |
|
| 14 Jul 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette North Fork |
Hound's tooth - Otter incl. |
V- |
1400 |
3 miles |
Brad, Rich |
|
| Brad's first go at the North Fork. He did a couple of rolls but otherwise there were no problems. |
| 22 May 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer creek - Banks |
IV |
1600 |
5 miles |
Brad |
|
| Brad did a beautiful double-rear-ender-cartwheel thing in Staircase. On purpose? - of course not! |
| 16 May 98 |
 |
ID |
Big Creek/MF Salmon |
Big creek - MF/Main Salmon |
IV+ |
4.5' |
60 miles |
Brad, Brent, Rich, Will |
|
| Trip Report. We packed five kayaks in two Cessna planes which dropped us off at the put-in. Day 1: Tight, technical, logs, snow, great fun. Day 2: Bigger, brilliant 5-mile section, Yoist! Day 3: Middle Fork, *huge* waves, got worked in hole and swam, surfed our brains out. |
| 15 May 98 |
|
ID |
Main Salmon |
Pine Creek |
III |
|
4 miles |
Brad |
|
| I took my first swim of the year in a little swirly rapid and afterwards both of us were paddling like two old men in wheel chairs. |
| 24 Apr 98 |
 |
ID |
Bruneau |
Jarbidge - Bruneau |
III+ |
1200 |
71 miles |
Brad, Rich, Will |
|
| It rained hard all Friday night and some of Saturday which was lucky because it gave the flow a good boost. Everyone except Rich portaged Sevy Falls and Willy's Wallow (logjam). Great trip. |
| 16 Apr 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer creek - Banks |
III+ |
500 |
5 miles |
Brad, Brent |
|
| 7 Apr 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer creek - Banks |
III+ |
900 |
5 miles |
Brad, Brent, Rich |
|
| 4 Apr 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
III+ |
900 |
5 miles |
Will, Brad |
|
| 16 Aug 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Beehive - Horseshoe |
II+ |
3600 |
5 miles |
Brad, Rich, Theresa,+Boy Scouts |
|
| 15 Aug 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III (X) |
3600 |
5 miles |
Brad, Rich |
|
| The annual midnight run. |
| 22 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV- |
1500 |
5 miles |
Brent, Brad, Rich |
|
| 1 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III |
5500 |
5 miles |
Mike, Brad |
|
| 17 Jun 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
14000 |
7 miles |
Uffe, Brad, John |
|
| The water was like chocolate mousse because of mudslides on the South Fork. We spend 3 hours (!) on the river - lots of play. Uffe took a swim in a nasty whirlpool below Chief Parrish, but recovered honour and confidence with an impressive combat roll in Mixmaster. |
| 3 May 97 |
 |
ID |
Bruneau |
Jarbidge - Bruneau |
IV |
1500 |
69 miles |
Brad, Brent, Rich |
|
| A festive trip - a full report will follow shortly. My first self-support trip and the maiden voyage for my new Wave Sport Extreme. |
| 1 Feb 97 |
 |
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
910 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will, Brad |
|
| A very intense run despite the low flow. Bronco Billy has become quite serious thanks to a huge mud-slide from the right bank. |
| 25 Jan 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III- |
6000 |
5 miles |
Rich, Will, Brad |
|
| It was snowing all day - we had icicles hanging from the helmets. The Main had changed significantly from last year because of mud-slides. There were several new rapids such as Wensel's Wave, a great surf wave just below Mike's Hole. |
| 10 Sep 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV- |
470 |
5 miles |
Brad |
|
| 27 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Chief Parrish |
III- (X) |
3000 |
5 miles |
Rich, Brad, Andy, Sam |
|
| A midnight float. It was a full moon - unfortunately behind lots of clouds! |
| 27 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
1300 |
5 miles |
Adrian, Brad |
|
| The maiden voyage for my new R.P.M. |
| 22 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Dog Leg - Banks |
IV |
1400 |
4 miles |
Rich, Brad, Andy, Will |
|
| 17 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1450 |
12 miles |
Rich, Brad |
|
| 15 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
1400 |
5 miles |
Robert, Jeff, Kris, Rich, Brad |
|
| 8 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
1500 |
5 miles |
Rich, Andrew, Brad, Andy |
|
| 1 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Staircase |
IV (X) |
1700 |
3 miles |
Rich, Brad, Manny |
  |
| This was not a pleasant trip. I got caught in a log going down in the left side of Staircase and Brad had to get me out. |
| 29 Jul 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
1900 |
5 miles |
Rich, Brad |
|
| Date |
|
|
River |
Section |
Grade |
Flow |
Miles |
People |
Notes |
| 17 Jul 99 |
 |
ID |
Bear Valley Creek |
|
III |
3ft |
12 miles |
Adrian, Rich, Will, Jacob, BrianM, Sharpes |
|
| This trip was batchelor weekend arranged by Adrian. We drank, hacked, juggled hot coals, farted around the camp fire and paddled. A bit of swimming by Jacob and the Adrian-Sharpes duo (immediately above a log!) kept the river trip interesting. |
| 20 Aug 98 |
 |
ID |
Salmon Middle Fork |
Boundary Creek - Cache Bar |
III+ |
2' |
100 miles |
Theresa, Adrian, Henriette, Gary, +5 |
|
| Great, relaxing trip - very different from last year's high-water trip. I'll post some pictures when they get developed. |
| 26 Jul 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette Canyon |
|
IV |
1500 |
12 miles |
Theresa, Adrian, Gary, Steve, +20 |
|
| Great play flow. |
| 26 Jun 98 |
|
ID |
Bear Valley Creek |
Elk G.S. - Dagger Falls |
III- |
4' |
18 miles |
Theresa, Adrian, Henriette |
|
| Henriette's first river trip. We went in inflatable kayaks - one tandem and two singles. It pissed down with rain the first day, but the next days were excellent. Camped at the hot springs where we had too many G&Ts. Theresa got munched by a nasty hole, but recovered quickly. Saw huge, jumping salmon trying to negotiate Dagger Falls. Theresa wrote a trip report. |
| 11 Jun 98 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
9000 |
7 miles |
Theresa, Adrian, Jacob, Trisha, Tito, Anthony |
|
| We rented a raft and I had my first guiding experience with no major incidents. |
| 31 May 98 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Swirly Canyon |
III- |
3000 |
7 miles |
Adrian, Gregg |
|
| 24 May 98 |
 |
ID |
Payette Cabarton |
|
III+ |
3600 |
9 miles |
Adrian, Theresa, Brandon |
|
| A very exciting run at this flow. Theresa and Brandon swam a few time in the big waves in Trestle rapid. I got my helment sucked off going through Howard's Plunge (really!), and Adrian was launched into mid-space. A crowd of 10-20 people with video cameras were entertained as we scrambled to get his paddle and my helmet, and continue down the drop. |
| 27 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Bear Valley Creek |
|
III |
2' |
12 miles |
Adrian, Mike, Greg, Rich, Will |
|
| Almost too low to be enjoyable. Great hot springs. Mike got his paddle stuck under water in the middle of a rapid, but we got it back. We found some of the beer we lost on our Middle Fork trip two months prior! |
| 26 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Grandjean |
Grandjean - Bonneville |
III- |
1200 |
9 miles |
Adrian, Mike |
|
| 20 Jul 97 |
|
ID |
Payette Main |
Banks - Beehive |
III |
4300 |
7 miles |
Adrian |
|
| 21 May 97 |
 |
ID |
Salmon Middle Fork |
Marsh Creek - Cache Bar |
IV+ |
8 ft |
115 miles |
Adrian, Gary, Mike,+12 |
  |
| This was a wild trip! We had Michael stranded on an island for 8 hours, a dead body floating into an eddy next to Dale, and lots of big white water. ( trip report) |
| 26 Apr 97 |
|
ID |
Indian Creek |
|
III- |
high |
6 miles |
Adrian |
|
| 27 Aug 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Deer Creek - Banks |
IV |
1300 |
5 miles |
Adrian, Brad |
|
| The maiden voyage for my new R.P.M. |
| 28 Jul 96 |
 |
ID |
Payette Grandjean |
Helende - Lowman |
III+ |
1000 |
9 miles |
Adrian |
|
| The "Wake-up" rapid took us by surprise. Adrian went through in impressive kamikaze-style. I eddied out just above the initial drop but messed up ferrying across and went down the drop sideways. Soon afterwards I had a very scary swim through the rest of the rapid. |
| 27 Jul 96 |
|
ID |
Salmon Sunbeam |
|
III+ |
low |
13 miles |
Adrian |
|
| This time we did "Shotgun" (see Jun 15) |
| 20 Jul 96 |
|
ID |
Payette SF |
Staircase - Chief Parrish |
III+ |
3000 |
7 miles |
Adrian |
|
| 15 Jun 96 |
|
ID |
Salmon Sunbeam |
Stanley - Sunbeam |
III+ |
high |
12 miles |
Adrian |
|
| We portaged Shotgun Rapids. |