Trip
Whitewater Packraft - Yakima River: Teanaway River to Thorp
Enjoy a float through the sunny, scenic basalt canyon of the upper Yakima River.
Contacts
- Sun, Jul 23, 2023
- Seattle Packrafting Committee
- Packrafting
- Adults
- Class II River
- Easy
- Mileage: 12.2 mi
- 5 (6 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 1:21 PM
- Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
Water released from upstream reservoirs means there is plenty of water in the Yakima River well into the summer, and this year is no exception: there is currently (Monday, July 17) 3,770 cfs at the USGS Umtanum gage, which is well above American Whitewater's minimum recommended flow of 1000 cfs. The current forecast is for a sunny day with a not-too-scorching high of 81. All-in-all it looks to be a great day to enjoy this near-to-Seattle desert river.
This is an exploratory trip. Trip reports indicate the possibility of some wood in the river near the start of the run. Reports also suggests the whitewater consists mostly of fun class II wave trains.
Meet at 9AM at the takeout at the North Thorp Highway bridge over the Yakima River.
If there is interest in extending the trip by 3 miles, we will move our meeting place to a downstream take-out at the WDFW site on SR-10 at Milepost 101.1, 3,000 ft upstream of a low-head dam.
A Discover Pass is required.
Required Equipment
Minimum Equipment for each participant
- Packraft, with grab lines on bow and stern
- Paddle, sized for a packraft
- Life jacket, PFD Class III or better
- Whitewater helmet
- Drysuit or thick wetsuit
- Closed-toe shoes, no sandals
- Spare clothing
- Boat repair kit
- Waterproof Whistle
- Minimum Equipment for the party
Minimum Equipment for the party
- Rescue rope and throw bag, one or more as needed for the trip
- Spare paddle, one or more
- First Aid kit