What Rivers/Creeks Are You Most Stoked About?

[garuda]

nice to see some stoke for colorado creeks! The runs I am most looking forward to this season are:

old:
oh be
big south
black rock & lower clear creek at high h2o
south saint vrain (gotta love the afterwork mank)
barrel springs

new:
routt county creeks
upper north saint vrain
joe wright --> spencer heights
n.f. crystal
big timber, MT
big sur (please)

[RootSkier]

hr huckinstuff, is that you on Stovepipe? I have never been there, but I have seen that series on oregonkayaking.net.

And for all you CO boaters...don't you already have your own boating forum to spew in?

[HR Huck'nstuff]

Yeah, that's me. The picture was taken a couple of years ago. You can't run that line anymore (and most walked it then... really looked like you were going to headcheck that log as you were going off the drop). Someone tried to cut that old growth tree out and ended up blocking the right line. But, you can run the falls on the left now. Bummer, the riverbed in Horseshoe (hole just upstream) shifted and recently it has been eating people, so many walk that now. Just when one line opens up another becomes a walk. Kinda weird.

[420Powderpimp]

Paddled day 1 for 2006. It was 225 cfs, 45 degees and overcast. We took a 30 pack of Bud for three of us and went to El Rancho afterwards. Great Day!

[FreakofSnow]

I said god damn! That is the ultimate sneak move. I felt like it was a bit tight on this line on the West Gallatin



But apparently I am a pussy!

[RootSkier]

Don't worry, we've got one for you on Bear Creek, Freak.

[kayaktheworld]

Ahh, boating in spring
1)The New River Dries
2)The Wenatchee River
3)Pretty much any thing else that only runs in the spring, creeking or playboating

[RootSkier]

Bump because it's a pow day and I didn't go. Over it. On with the boating.

This year, I will either finally hit the Little White or I will sell my boat.

[slide_for_life]

Old:
NF Payette (North Fork Thursdays start tomorrow!)

Lil' White Salmon

Gold's Hole, in a non-Bladder year this spot is the tits.

Secesh-SF Salmon at peak morrel bloom


New:
Jarbidge-Bruneau
MF Payette Steeps, we'll be needing some rope holders for that one
Upper Hazard Crik
Buseater when it comes in this summer during my trip back east

Wish List:
Another Box run
Bull Lake Creek if I magically get a week off when it's in
Something in Cali that involves a hike-in if I magically get a week off when it's in

[RootSkier]

Is that last pic the Secesh Canyon?

[Yonder_River]

Bump because it's a pow day and I didn't go. Over it. On with the boating.

This year, I will either finally hit the Little White or I will sell my boat.

Wow, I can't believe three years has flown by since I started this thread.

Don't feel bad that you have gotten on LW yet Root, I've been up here going on three years and haven't myself.

Speaking of the WS/LWS area, check out some friends of mine helping lots of rubber get down the Truss last weekend, courtesy of huckinhuge.com. Includes a no swim raft decent of big brother.

[slide_for_life]

Root, that last pic is looking up the Miracle Mile on the Secesh from about half-way down the rapid. That's a medium-ish flow.

[Storm11]

Old:
Westwater (always a good time)
Upper Taylor (at high water this time)

New:
Piedra (if it runs)
Pilar/Lower Taos Box (again...if it runs)
Upper Dolores
Numbers/Browns

Heh.... 3 years ago... that's pretty funny. Nice bump.

I'll update mine for this year:

Old -
Salt - check.
Upper A/Rockwood
Piedra high water
Royal Gorge/Pine/#s high water

New-
Black Boxes San Raf - (probably won't run)
Zion Narrows
Escalante Creek
S. Mineral?

[donutlynx]

Good bump! Here we go...(sorry about the panorama, but I think it's rad).

L-Dub (Spirit)


Box Canyon of the Ashlu (Kernage)


Box Canyon (Airplane)


Box Canyon (Double)


Box Canyon (First Exit)


Since I'm moving back to Dub V:

North Fork Blackwater (Gluteal Mash)


Seneca Creek (Big Falls)


Seneca (Knife's Edge)


Big Sandy (Big Splat)


Of course, the Upper Blackwater:


But before I go:

Tatlow Creek (just one more time...)

[Fenris]

I can't focus on snow either, but I'm stoked for anything I can paddle right now. It looks like I'll be spending a lot of time at different reversing falls along the coast of Maine. Hopefully Bear and Frenchmans will run late, because they both look like they would be a bunch of screwing around interspersed with falls to make me step up my game quickly. Oh and for old stuff I'd like to keep running would be Royal Gorge as it gets bigger.

KTW is supposed to bringing his car back to school so finding a shuttle vehicle won't involve harassing everyone around us anymore.

[displaced]

NF Payette (North Fork Thursdays start tomorrow!)

hey Mark - what sorta flow's you have these days? Predictions on Cascade filling?

nice MK report. I think I'll miss shady6 this summer. look me up if you find yourself in Seatown. Robe and Earnies are cranking at this very minute!

bf

oh ya, wishlist: I'll put another vote in for the bull lake run

[slide_for_life]

Yeah Fletch. It's rocking at a solid 700 right now. The upper is still pretty fun though. Cascade is 68% and it's still snowing up high. Don't think we're going to have 2 grand through July again.

I'm moving to Moscow at the end of the summer, so that'll put me closer to the North Cascades goods.

Bull Lake could be worth getting laid off. Keep me posted on that.

[K2&cannoli]

The Old:
Upper Yough (1st release of the year tomorrow!)
Savage River
Cheat Canyon

The New:
Deckers Creek
Upper Animas (Whenever I finally get out there)
Blackwater

[donutlynx]

The Old:
Upper Yough (1st release of the year tomorrow!)
Savage River
Cheat Canyon

The New:
Deckers Creek
Upper Animas (Whenever I finally get out there)
Blackwater

Nice list!

Upper Yough releases are a summer savior. Always wanted to do the Savage. Deckers and the B are staples. Can't wait to be back there on those runs.

[Maximus Gradient]

Good thread.

A sampling of the the old runs I'm stoked for:

The backyard class V at Great Falls:


Jerry's Baddle is coming up pretty soon on this stream:


I don't get up to Eastern PA enough:


Can't leave out dam release season in the Northeast:



There's still a lot of stuff I haven't paddled here on the East that I need to get on before I leave:
Pringle
Red Run
All the Fayetteville area steeps
Raven Fork
Linville
etc.