While I was in Costa Rica, the rivers in Washington were running very high. It had snowed before I left, but it then warmed up. So, on the Thursday after I got back, the SF Snoqualmie was flowing nicely (the gauge said 575, but with the side creeks it was more like 800-900).
The recent high water events have cleaned up the run. The braided channels below the clay wall are back to a single main channel. Below that, the dangerous log that had been 3/4 of the way across the river is now only blocking the right 1/3 and is less spikey.
We had a nice time, though at one point my paddling partner got stuck trying to surf a ledge and had to work for a couple of minutes to get out. Some people...
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