Middle Fork Salmon October 2023 - Post Slides

[@jaya2137]

That guy in the oar rig has some impressive skills

[@chrisgehard2222]

Dang!! Sulphur Slide was SPICY in the oar rig! Textbook use of the back ferry all the way down. Dude in the small oar rig making it look easy. Kudos!

[@billbrunt1236]

Brian, thank you for your efforts in recording this and others of the amazing reformations of the top of the middle fork! I ended up doing a self shuttle solo trip down from the top, launching September 25th 2023. I will be up the relive that trip of my life by viewing this video. Thank you, thank you! I also did a 4 day 0 Portage with 1 swim in Kramer. Also, a big shoutout to Outfitters: Far & Away and Helfritch, for buck sawing out the logs.

[@thewhitewaterstate]

That’s sounds like a great trip! Glad you liked the video and thanks for info about Far & Away and Helfritch. We knew somebody had sawed some logs but we didn’t know who, so thanks to them!

[@BudgetAdventure]

I did this run many years ago in a whitewater canoe. Wow, Velvet Falls looks nothing at all like I remember it... I guess this is geology in action (reacting to these fires and subsiquent erosion/deposition). When we did it, it was low water in August and there was a fire burning while we were on the river.

[@Jezacharda]

Great video. Awesome to see that the upper section is passable!

[@thewhitewaterstate]

Thanks! Upper is pretty good right now, we’ll see what the winter and hopefully some high water will bring. Lots more changes to come I’m guessing

[@johnprendergast1338]

Me and a bunch of guys did the Middle Fork back in the 80s ,Twice ....The best river trips I ever went on ...

[@followxiaofei]

Awesome footage, thanks for sharing.

[@SamuelMarkLaSalle]

Thank you for another great video Brian!

[@thewhitewaterstate]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ryanloebach764]

Great beta! Definitely captures the character change. Anticipate another change once the river rises due to 2024 runoff.

[@thewhitewaterstate]

Absolutely!

[@butchbrown8333]

You guys must be living right. That looks like awesome weather for October.

[@thewhitewaterstate]

It was absolutely perfect weather! We lucked out big time! And that means next time it’s going to snow for sure! 😂

[@SegoMan]

@@thewhitewaterstate I showed up to a pre-season Yampa with a double Mr heater and 5 gal bottle of propane to run it. I was ridiculed until the 8" of snow fell that night LoL Great vid I have done the main 3 times but no middle.. Some Day..

[@brianarthur1252]

nice job. We will see what winter does to the logs

[@johnrflinn]

I wouldn't want to swim the rapids.

[@montanadan2524]

A bit bony for my tastes but any river time is time well spent.

[@johnrflinn]

You don't know what you've got till it's gone.

[@at1970]

The blowouts have completely changed the river. Glad I did it a bunch when it was still the middle fork. You think you’ve “saved” an area, but there’s no getting away from what’s happening to the planet.

[@matthowarth4498]

It's going to be a good season for the air taxis on the Middle Fork in 2024 with all the outfitters not being able to run from the top!

[@ericshedlarski2336]

why can't they run from the top?

[@morganrambo]

@@ericshedlarski2336blow outs

[@barriersisplaying1500]

First

[@thewhitewaterstate]

Congrats son 🎉😂

[@turdfurgeson8006]

I'm glad you know how to float down a river because you rafters don't know how to drive on dirt roads.

[@mitchellrussell9963]

Look at the loss of habitat due to fire. You want to know where your deer and elk are??? They are not. You lose animals when you lose habitat.