Today was a very interesting one. It started snowing before dawn, and by 10AM we had 3 inches on the ground. By 4PM, it was almost all melted. Lyles and I decided to do a quick Middle Middle run. The road was in horrible shape and the water was muddy, but there was plenty for kayaking. We decided to do the full run from the concrete bridge. This adds about 45 minutes to the run, and at this flow the rapids up there are fun.
We had a flow of about 1300 at the put-in, but when we got to the hardest section (Right Angle Drop, House Rocks, and the next couple of rapids) the side streams had contributed enough that it felt more like 1600, which is a great medium level. There were some rapids we had to run almost blind because of the sun. Luckily, we know this run very well.
This was my 600th river day since I started almost 20 years ago. It was also my 96th IK run of the Middle Middle.
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