Last Weekend - Middle Icicle

This was going to be my first weekend away from the water as my big sister was in town, but after a quick drive through Chelan and a glimpse of that gorge I had to get in the water. Just driving down the road that parallels the Chelan Gorge gets my palms sweaty...

I rolled into town late Sunday afternoon but I was able to catch up with a couple locals as they scraped down middle Icicle.

I missed Sam's line while we were running shuttle, but I was able to get a buddy of his from out of town on his first run down The Plunge.

Sam, patiently waiting.

Boofington Heights looks good even with these low water levels.

I don't know your name, sir, but you had a great line!

I think The Plunge is pretty difficult at these levels (all levels for that matter), because the hazards are so much more prevalent. The hole gets very shallow and there are some funky guard rocks in the lead-in.

Sam leads the way down to the takeout.

200mm is great, but there is a little bit of shake with no IS.

I think this little, unnamed drop needs to be called the Leap of Faith. You have no idea what you are boofing into. There has been wood in there before, so it's always a roll of the dice...

Stay Stoked, Stay Safe!

Icicle in April - Ricochet Rounds

For days and days...














    


    
     Adrian was in town and we were able to get multiple laps on the middle five miles of Icicle Creek. This portion of the run is known as the Ricochet section of Icicle Creek.

Levels were as follows:

Friday 4/20: 3060 cfs and rising 20cfs/hr Wenatchee at Peshastin.
Saturday 4/21: 3100 cfs and rising 60cfs/hr Wenatchee at Peshastin.
Sunday 4/22: 4200 cfs and rising 40cfs/hr Wenatchee at Peshastin.

Many friends were seen and even more good lines were had.

Brief photo dump of the 3 day weekend adventure:

The view from secret camp, way above Leavenworth is worth the drive.

Looking West from Secret Camp towards the source of Icicle Creek and therefore the source of all things good in this world.

One of the best drops on the run: The Plunge. The normal line is starting center river right and staying right until the slide. Then you want to be a couple of boat widths off the right wall with right or no angle. BOOF!

With more water you actually run over the river left side of the ledge.

This rapid is, in my opinion, the best rapid on the river, by far. It has no name, other than "the one above the plunge". Multiple boofs and tight line abound. Get in and get some.

Some Greenery with your Scenery?

More fun below Horseshoe

On Sunday we scouted with a little more water in the Creekbed.

Here, Adrian weighs his options on Horseshoe's outflow.

Horseshoe at a healthy level

Gorgeous weather all weekend

Stopped on the way up to The Wall for a look at Last Exit.

Stay safe.

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