Jah Amigos - Aerial footage of Tumwater Canyon at 10,000 cfs

A couple weeks back I was able to introduce Jeremy Bisson and Jonathan Ehlinger to the guys over at AerialMediaWorks in Chelan WA.

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Tumwater Canyon was in the 10,000 cfs range and that means a lot of the river becomes a little too stressful for the average weekend warrior.


However; when Tumwater is that high, it means that the middle section of the river just gets better and better. The Dam Rapid and the three following rapids (the Three Amigos) get better and better the higher it gets.



Whats as my buddies get super sick on the Amigos Section of Tumwater Canyon.




Jah Amigos . Tumwater canyon - 10,500cfs from AerialMediaWorks on Vimeo.

Sam Grafton runs POW at 6500 cfs

Sam Grafton is a bit of a Boss around these parts

This Spring has been off to a slow start in the PNW. Tumwater hasn't hit Nuclear levels yet but it has been hanging arounf the 5-7,000 cfs range for a couple of weeks.







I was in the area, shaking off the cobwebs and got a call from Sam. He wanted to do a quick Tumwater lap before heading back over the pass. I agreed to the Dam rapid and the Amigos, but decided that Chaos and POW were a bit above my current paygrade.


Sam laughed at me.

Sam boated down to POW while I ran shuttle and grabbed my camera. Sam's mom also stopped by to say hello.

In true Sam form; after I gave him a little bit of grief about not having a beautiful line, he ran it two more times for me so I could shoot photos and some video.

Water levels are rising; keep your eyes out for some good media coming out of Leavenworth in the near future.