Middle Middle 6,000 CFS (Snoqualmie Middle Fork) | Washington Whitewater kayaking Class III - IV

Running the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie at 5,800 CFS. House rock rapid is towards the end. Big holes and strong boils, good eddies are few and far between. A couple slack water breaks on the side of the river but not true eddies. I definitely wouldn't want to swim this haha. Its pretty continuous.
We put in at the mine creek access and out lap took less than an hour.
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The river starts out from Concrete bridge through shallow boulder fields that make for good class II rapids above 2000 cfs (you can see a lot of this section from the road on your drive to the put-in). At lower levels things can get a little boney although you can still run from here. The river continues on this easy pace with one clean III- rapid before you reach Island Drop which is a good class III. Take the river right channel around the island and get in line for the play spots at the bottom. Many paddlers come straight to this put-in and a few spend all their time here. It's not the greatest park-and-play spot on the planet, but it's convenient. The waves here are not intimidating and the lack of any significant danger downstream makes this a great place for beginning play boaters to learn.
Dowstream from Island Drop the river alternates between class II boulder gardens and fun class III drops. As you reach A Frame Drop (you'll see the A Frame house high above the river) the gradient starts to pick up as you get closer to House Rocks. You can recognize House Rocks by the long sequence of rapids and a couple of large boulders near the middle of the channel. At the lower range of water levels the drop has two distinct sections with some calmer water in between (first pitch still, second pitch movie). It's not all that more difficult than the preceeding class III drops, but the length of the rapid and the sequence of moves that need to be made to avoid holes make it class IV. At higher levels the drop turns into a freight train of monster waves and powerful hydraulics but some good sneaks develop along the sides for those so inclined. Boat scouting is required as the land along river left and right is privately owned.
After House Rocks, the run begins to taper down with a couple more class III rapids mixed with class II boulder gardens. As the density of homes begins to increase significantly on river left you are nearing the takeout. Look for the powerlines across the river and takeout at the access corridor here (be aware of the private property on either side of this corridor).