Sorry, been too busy to post pics, but we have a new slide in the RIV. So, Friday’s storm blew out most of the logs in 3-Way. Good news and Bad. The river is once again boatable through 3-Way, BUT… all those logs are now strewn downstream and will most likely be an issue next spring.
In the same storm, Rattlesnake Gulch (a.k.a. Palisades, the Palace, Falic Canyon) blew out. This has dumped a ton of detritus and other debris in the rapid known as Jinsu Corner (a.k.a. the bend just above Tunnel Rapid). What once was an island at that bend, is now a peninsula, with the former other channel six feet above the river surface. It has narrowed the channel to approx 4 feet wide, with a rock (formerly securely on shore river right) in the dead center of the narrow channel.
I anticipate spring run-off will open that up some, but not sure how much. Stay tuned for the ever changing saga of Post High Park Fire Earth Movement…