Date | River | Section | Flow | Miles | People |
Jul 17 99 | Bear Valley Creek | | 3'III | 12 | Adrian, Rich, Will, Jacob, BrianM, Sharpes |
| This trip was a 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. |
Jun 26-28 98 | Bear Valley Creek | Elk G.S. - Dagger Falls | 4'III- | 18 | 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. |
Jul 27 97 | Bear Valley Creek | | 2'III | 12 | 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! |
Jul 6 96 | Bear Valley Creek | Fir Tree - Dagger Falls | "normal"III | 14 | Robert |
| This was an excellent run. Fairly constant class II until it joins Marsh Creek and then a great class III ride for 8 miles or so. |
Date | River | Section | Flow | Miles | People |
Aug 1 99 | Payette Canyon | | 1200IV | 10 | Brent, Rich, Will |
Jul 15 99 | Payette Canyon | | 1500IV | 10 | Rich, Will |
| How good it was to be back on this brilliant stretch of white-water! The sun was shining and the flow was playful. |
Aug 29 98 | Payette Canyon | | 1500IV | 10 | Brad, Rich |
Aug 16 98 | Payette Canyon | | 1500IV | 10 | Rich |
Jul 26 98 | Payette Canyon | | 1500IV | 12 | Theresa, Adrian, Gary, Steve, +20 |
| Great play flow. |
Apr 18 98 | Payette Canyon | | 490IV | 10 | Will |
Apr 5 98 | Payette Canyon | | 900IV | 10 | Will |
Aug 16 97 | Payette Canyon | | 800IV | 10 | Rich, Art, John,? |
| Play-city! |
Jul 19 97 | Payette Canyon | | 1500IV | 12 | Josh, Rich, Tico |
Jul 12 97 | Payette Canyon | | 2200IV | 12 | Art, Brent, Dennis, Rich, Theresa, Will |
Aug 25 96 | Payette Canyon | | 1450IV | 10 | Rich, Doug |
Aug 24 96 | Payette Canyon | | 1450IV | 10 | Rich |
Aug 17 96 | Payette Canyon | | 1450IV | 12 | Rich, Brad |
Jul 12 96 | Payette Canyon | | 3200IV+ | 12 | 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. |
May 95 | Payette Canyon | | 1500IV | 12 | HP |
| Rafting. |
Date | River | Section | Flow | Miles | People |
Jul 30 99 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 3200III | 7 | Mathias, Uffe |
| Mathias back in action after the serious Mendoza trip. We had a great time, although Mathias opted for a few wet exists. |
Feb 15 99 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 1500III- | 5 | BrianM |
| Coooooooold! In Boise, the weather was so vicious-looking that we almost didn't go. Fortunately we trusted the river and were rewarded. |
Aug 15 98 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 3000III | 7 | BrianM, Becky, Rich |
Jul 21 98 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 3600III | 7 | Pete |
Jun 11 98 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 9000III | 7 | Theresa, Adrian, Jacob, Trisha, Tito, Anthony |
| We rented a raft and I had my first guiding experience with no major incidents. |
May 9 98 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 10000III | 7 | Theresa, Brent, Ken |
May 8 98 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 9000III | 5 | Will |
May 7 98 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 9000III | 5 | Brent, Ken, Will |
| The main was at a perfect play flow. Awesome waves at Bennett's Rock and great ender hole above Chief Parrish. |
May 2-3 98 | Payette Main | Cascade | 8500II | 4 | Rescue class |
| I attended Tom Long's rescue class which is extremely recommendable. |
Mar 15 98 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 2500III- | 5 | Will, Rich, Andrew, Matt |
Mar 14 98 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 2500III- | 5 | Will |
Mar 8 98 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 1550III- | 5 | Will, Dennis |
Jan 31 98 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 1500III- | 5 | Will, Brent |
| The play wave above Mike's Hole is great, but it it was bloody cold. |
Dec 7 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 1500III- | 5 | Will |
| We spent ages at a superb playwave above Mike's Hole. |
Aug 16 97 | Payette Main | Beehive - Horseshoe | 3600II+ | 5 | Brad, Rich, Theresa,+Boy Scouts |
Aug 15/16 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 3600III (X) | 5 | Brad, Rich |
| The annual midnight run. |
Jul 21 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 4200III | 7 | Theresa |
Jul 20 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 4300III | 7 | Adrian |
Jul 1 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 5500III | 5 | Mike, Brad |
Jun 26 97 | Payette Main | Slalom - Chief Parrish | 6000IV- | 6 | Uffe, Rich, Will |
| Slalom was Uffe's first class IV rapid which he decided to do in style - backwards! |
Jun 17 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 14000III | 7 | 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. |
Jun 12 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 14000III | 7 | Uffe, Rich, Will |
Jun 9 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 13000III | 7 | Uffe |
| Uffe got knocked over by a giant wave around mile 1 and took a swim. |
Jun 8 97 | Payette Main | Beehive - Horseshoe | 13000III | 8 | Uffe |
May 29 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 11000III | 7 | Rich, Will |
May 17 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 14000III | 7 | Jay |
| I got stuck side-surfing in a pourover and had to swim out. In trying to avoid being sucked back in, I dropped both boat and paddle. Jay recovered the boat, but we never found the paddle! |
Apr 27 97 | Payette Main | Slalom - Beehive | 10000III | 6 | Will, Dennis |
Apr 13 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 5050III | 7 | Paul |
Apr 12 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 5050III | 5 | |
Mar 23 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 8500III | 5 | Rich |
Jan 25 97 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 6000III- | 5 | 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. |
Oct 5 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 1400III- | 7 | Rich, Will |
Sep 14 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 1800III- | 7 | Robert |
Sep 8 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 2300III- | 7 | Sam, Scott |
Aug 27/28 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 3000III- (X) | 5 | Rich, Brad, Andy, Sam |
| A midnight float. It was a full moon - unfortunately behind lots of clouds! |
Aug 10 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 3100III | 7 | Rich, Will,+4 |
| I rented a Dagger R.P.M. playboat for the day. |
Jul 25 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 3500III | 7 | Rich, Will, Dennis |
Jul 18 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 3850III | 5 | Andrew, Andy |
Jul 14 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 4500III | 5 | |
Jul 12 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 4600III | 7 | Manny |
Jul 11 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 4800III | 7 | Rich, Andy, Andrew, Will |
Jul 9 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 5200III | 7 | Ed, Jeff |
Jul 8 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 5800III | 7 | |
Jul 5 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 6800III | 7 | Robert |
Jul 4 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 6900III | 7 | |
Jul 3 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 6600III | 7 | Robert |
Jul 1 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 6700III | 7 | Damian, Bob, Misean |
Jun 29 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 6700III | 7 | |
| I locked my keys in my car and got a local crook to open it. As a result I almost got benighted on the river. |
Jun 27 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 6700III | 7 | Rich, Andy,+2 |
Jun 8 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Chief Parrish | 13000III | 4 | Brian |
Jun 8 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 13000III | 7 | Gregg,+7 |
Jun 6 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Beehive | 13000III | 7 | Robert |
Jun 5 96 | Payette Main | Banks - Horseshoe | 13000III | 14 | Robert |
Jun 2 96 | Payette Main | Behive - Horseshoe | 13000II | 8 | Paul, Andy |
Date | River | Section | Flow | Miles | People |
Sep 19 98 | Payette North Fork | Upper 5 | 1000V | 5 | Rich |
Sep 16 98 | Payette North Fork | Lower 7 | 1200V | 7 | Rich |
| We walked Jaws I&II. I got somewhat munched in Jaws III - the tip of my boat got bent straight up. |
Aug 15 98 | Payette North Fork | Lower 5 | 1380V- | 5 | Rich |
Aug 12 98 | Payette North Fork | Lower 5 | 1380V- | 5 | Rich, Will, Jim |
Aug 5 98 | Payette North Fork | Lower 5 | 1400V- | 5 | Rich |
Aug 3 98 | Payette North Fork | Lower 5 | 1400V- | 5 | Will, Jim |
Aug 1 98 | Payette North Fork | Lower 5 | 1400V- | 5 | Art |
Jul 29 98 | Payette North Fork | Lower 5 | 1390V- | 5 | Brad, Rich, Stan, Betsy |
Jul 28 98 | Payette North Fork | Lower 5 | 1390V- | 5 | Art, Rich |
| I screwed up in "Crunch" but recovered. |
Jul 16 98 | Payette North Fork | Lower Five | 1400V- | 5 | Rich, Will |
| Will's first go at the North Fork went smoothly. |
Jul 14 98 | Payette North Fork | Hound's tooth - Otter incl. | 1400V- | 3 | Brad, Rich |
| Brad's first go at the North Fork. He did a couple of rolls but otherwise there were no problems. |
Aug 14 97 | Payette North Fork | Lower Five | 1450V- | 5 | 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. |
Jul 24 97 | Payette North Fork | Lower Five | 1460V- | 5 | Brent, Bob |
| My first time down the infamous North Fork. Serious stuff, but we stayed on the lines... |
Date | River | Section | Flow | Miles | People |
Jul 7 98 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 2000IV | 5 | Rich |
Jul 1 98 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 2500IV | 5 | Rich |
Jun 9 98 | Payette SF | Deer creek - Banks | 3000IV | 5 | Rich, Mark |
May 31 98 | Payette SF | Swirly Canyon | 3000III- | 7 | Adrian, Gregg |
May 27 98 | Payette SF | Deer creek - Banks | 2500IV | 5 | Will |
May 22 98 | Payette SF | Deer creek - Banks | 1600IV | 5 | Brad |
| Brad did a beautiful double-rear-ender-cartwheel thing in Staircase. On purpose? - of course not! |
May 2 98 | Payette SF | Deer creek - Banks | 2500IV | 5 | Will |
| The runoff has started - the river was a big flush |
Apr 16 98 | Payette SF | Deer creek - Banks | 500III+ | 5 | Brad, Brent |
Apr 7 98 | Payette SF | Deer creek - Banks | 900III+ | 5 | Brad, Brent, Rich |
Apr 4 98 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 900III+ | 5 | Will, Brad |
Jul 22 97 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 1500IV- | 5 | Brent, Brad, Rich |
Jul 17 97 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 1500IV- | 5 | Brent |
Jul 15 97 | Payette SF | Swirly Canyon | 1800III- | 8 | Rich, Mike, Bill |
Jul 10 97 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 2500IV- | 5 | Rich, Will |
Jul 8 97 | Payette SF | Staircase - Chief Parrish | 2600III+ | 7 | Mike, Brent,+1 |
Jun 25 97 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 5800IV | 5 | 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! |
Jun 7 97 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Beehive | 5500IV+ | 12 | Andy, Rich, Will,+8 |
| Huge water on the South Fork. |
Apr 5 97 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Chief Parrish | 1200IV | 10 | 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! |
Feb 1 97 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 910IV | 5 | 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. |
Sep 10 96 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 470IV- | 5 | Brad |
Aug 27 96 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 1300IV | 5 | Adrian, Brad |
| The maiden voyage for my new R.P.M. |
Aug 22 96 | Payette SF | Dog Leg - Banks | 1400IV | 4 | Rich, Brad, Andy, Will |
Aug 18 96 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 1400IV | 5 | Rich |
Aug 15 96 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 1400IV | 5 | Robert, Jeff, Kris, Rich, Brad |
Aug 13 96 | Payette SF | Staircase - Chief Parrish | 1420III | 7 | Robert, Dwight, Paul, Andy,+2 |
| We ended up paddling in the dark with a thunderstorm breaking out around us. |
Aug 10 96 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Chief Parrish | 1450IV- | 10 | Rich, Will,+2 |
Aug 8 96 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 1500IV | 5 | Rich, Andrew, Brad, Andy |
Aug 3 96 | Payette SF | The Wave | 1600 | 0.5 | Barrett, Jared |
| IRS demo day. I took the Perception Whiplash for a spin. |
Aug 1 96 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Staircase | 1700IV (X) | 3 | 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. |
Jul 29 96 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 1900IV | 5 | Rich, Brad |
Jul 24 96 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 2500IV | 5 | Steve,+4 |
Jul 22 96 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 2500IV | 5 | Willy, Sam |
Jul 20 96 | Payette SF | Staircase - Chief Parrish | 3000III+ | 7 | Adrian |
Jul 17 96 | Payette SF | Dog leg - Banks | 3000IV | 4 | Russ,+4 |
Jul 16 96 | Payette SF | Deer Creek - Banks | 3000IV | 5 | Brian |
May 4 96 | Payette SF | Staircase run | 2500IV | 100 yards | |
| This was a suicide mission but I didn't know it. Luckily, I tipped over and swam the first small rapid. Considering the rapids ahead I pulled out and hitched a ride back. |