Day 5 Running at 7,500 to 8,000 cfs (as measured at the Hungry Horse gaging sta.), the South Fork of the Flathead is not exactly revealing its prim and proper summer behavior so well known to packrafters worldwide. In fact, it’s darn right rowdy and at times, a bit belligerent. We left our camp on […]
Day 4 If yesterday was defined by wood then today shall be defined by whitewater. Running a river with a large group (we have 9) requires the presence of eddies that are able to accommodate the entire group if we are to “boat scout” the river (the process of river running where scouting is done […]
Day 3 Early this morning we received a sat message confirming a downward trend in flows on the S Fk Flathead. Very exciting! We are wondering if we are the first crew of boaters here this season. We dropped our boats into Danaher Creek just below its confluence with Camp Creek late this morning and […]
For a packrafter carrying a 50+ lb pack, the exclamation that “we are at a river!” is welcome news. We received that news this afternoon as we arrived at the confluence of Camp Creek with the imminently packraftable Danaher Creek. We have trekked about 16 miles from Benchmark to our camp here. Yesterday, after a […]
After an early morning start from Bozeman we find ourselves transitioned into something … different … than what we left. Today we are at Benchmark, one of the major points of entry into the Bob Marshall Wilderness and a common respply point for CDT (Continental Divide Trail) thru-hikers. We are staying with Darwin Heckman and […]