Whitewater Packraft - Skykomish River (South Fork): Beckler River to Baring

This is my first time running this river and exploratory. - so flexibility to find the putin and take needed.  We will need a flow of 1300cfu to run. My back up plan will be the lower Sauk River also a Class II.

We will meet at the Expresso Chalet (on south side of Hwy 2, 50000 Stevens Pass Hwy), Gold Bar, WA 98251at 11am. The take out is Mile 40 on Highway 2 and will leave one car on the side of the highway. The river is 10ft climb down but very close to the highway here "The most important part of this run is to be sure you recognize the takeout. It's not difficult to find where Barclay Creek joins the Skykomish, but Eagle Falls is only half a mile downstream."

"The most significant set of rapids is a wave train that can be seen where Highway 2 passes through a short tunnel just upstream of the turn off to Money Creek Campground. If you can handle this set of rapids, you should have no problem with the run." We will scout on the way to the put in.

 Putin : east of the town of Skykomish where the Beckler and Tye River come together to form the South Fork Skykomish at Highway 2, mile 49.8.   At this point Highway 2 is a bridge over the river and parking is upstream on river L.