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Pulling a sweep boat up the ramp at Boundary Creek this morning

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Yes of course.

We had our NWRC rafts and sweep boat at the bottom of the Boundary ramp last night to deadhead today. This morning we realized we couldn’t float down river so we (along with outfitters Wilderness River Outfitters and Helfrich) carried our gear up and pulled our rafts back up the ramp. From there we drove all our rafts and gear to Bruce Meadows so Gem Air could fly it all to Indian Creek. As I write this some of our gear is flying to Indian and some is still at Bruce Meadows waiting for more planes to arrive. (Longer Article Here)

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This blowout is in the entrance of Hells Half Mile.

I think this is the lake above Hells Half Mile

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And this looks like Velvet Creek blew out too

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These are from the bottom of Hell’s Half Mile

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More photos – This is at Sulphur Slide Rapid. Gardell’s Hole Camp is under water.

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That’s my best guess. I’ll post more info as it comes in.

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Got this from the forest service. They said: “the picture is of Velvet. A Helfrich guide estimates that there is a 10 foot drop around the bend and is now a class five rapid that could possibly kill someone if they chose to run it.”

Edit – This blowout is at Sulphur Slide Rapid (not Velvet).

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This new logjam is at the end of Hells Half Mile. You can see the Spike Creek blowout from 2022 in the distance.

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After talking to quite a few people I don’t think boats are tearing in this section any more.

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I ran last week and talked to a bunch of people what have been running trips and it seems that boats aren’t popping any more. Here’s some video from running the new entrance of Velvet in a sweep boat.

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I don’t think the pile of rocks are new but that rapid (that I consider the entrance move to Velvet) has definitely changed. My guess is that there is a bunch of new sediment in there. At the water continues to drop we’ll find out!

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Can you share a YouTube link here?

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Here’s video of the new Velvet Falls from last week

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