Day 5: The Mighty River (S Fk Flathead)
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…
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Day 4: Rapids!
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…
Five Stars at Big Prairie
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…
Day 2: “We are at a river!”
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…
Staging at Benchmark
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…