Basic Canyon - South Fork Snoqualmie River

We had a fantastic trip through South Fork Snoqualmie on a sunny afternoon with a high of 85.  We had a mix of 4 experienced, 1 intermediate, and 3 beginners in our group. We met at 3:30pm, dropped into the canyon at 4:30pm, and arrived back at our cars below Franklin Falls at 8:45pm.  

At Fall-into-the-Wall falls, participants chose to either rappel, rappel partway and jump from the halfway ledge (5'), or jump from the top ledge (10' technical). It was a great warm-up for the waterpark to come.

After some swimming and creek walking, we soon came upon the big slide. This slide is 18' (8' slide and 10' vertical drop) into a cavern-like slot. Everyone decided whether to slide based on their comfort level, and we had 7 of 8 in the group run the slide. And some did it twice! :-)

We swam the downstream pools until we reached the DCL jump platforms. There are two heights, about 12' and 15' from which you have the option to jump into a deep pool with a clean landing. One person set a 'personal best' jump here! 

After this, there were a lot of leisurely swimming, downclimbing, creek walking, and smaller jumps and slides until we reached Rap 1 and the top of Franklin Falls.

It helped to have 3x 100' ropes and a 200' rope so we could simultaneously rig Rap 1, a handline to the R2/traverse line bolts, a traverse line to the edge, and Franklin Falls, which is a 100' vertical rappel along the outer spray zone of a beautiful waterfall. We provided the option of a top belay.

Franklin Falls was the biggest rappel, so far, for some of the folks on the team. Everyone did a great and we are so proud of them!

The waterpark took two hours, the technical section took a little over two hours, and the exit was 5 minutes. All in all, a very fun way to spend a hot afternoon!