Trip Report
Cle Elum River
A quick afternoon run down the "Cle ELum Racetrack". Flow was 3,600 CFS and our moving speed was 6 MPH so we were only on the water 1 hour.
Logan DeGrand
July 24, 2023
- Sun, Jul 23, 2023
- Cle Elum River
- Packrafting
- Successful
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- Road recommended for high clearance only
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Lots of wood in the upper half but a very wide river so easy to avoid. Only one turn where there was wood left, right, and center and hard to know if any channel was clear.
A swim would likely be very long as eddies were far and few in between. Very concerning foot entrapment hazard as the river is generally shallow and a swimmer would get tired trying to get to shore and try to stand up. I would call this an intermediate run.
Brief view of the massive Suncadia resort development on river left about halfway down.
