Conditions:East Fork Kaweah River (Lookout Point)-20200811193008
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7 Aug 2020 (4 yrs, 9 mos ago) |
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| Reported by: | Willie92708 (997 reports) | |
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| Quality: | Great |
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| Waterflow: | Moderate |
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| Wetsuit: | Thin wetsuit |
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| Difficulty: | Special challenges |
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| Time: |  7 hours
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Team: 3 people
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Comments: The approach trail given by the Ropewiki track fizzles out about 2/3 down, and we bushwhacked the rest of the way. I do see looking at the satellite view that the trail seems to be trimmed recently in a different direction than the track.
I stupidly forgot my wetsuit bottom, but I did have a 2mm top and swim trunks with a liner, so I managed in the 60F water OK all day. Since I was more thermally challenged, I stay up and walked more of it, whereas my partners with full body wetsuits floated/swam down most of the river.
The features (slides and jumps) are fun, but quite spread out with a lot of swimming, boulder hopping and such in between. It's certainly a good trip if you like being in the water a lot. I did a few rappels, but my partners downclimbed around those spots.
All condition reports
| Date | Quality | Waterflow | Wetsuit | Difficulty | Time | Team | Reported by |
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| Great | Moderate
| Thin wetsuit
| Special challenges | 7 hours
| 3 people | Willie92708 (997 reports) | |
Comment: The approach trail given by the Ropewiki track fizzles out about 2/3 down, and we bushwhacked the rest of the way. I do see looking at the satellite view that the trail seems to be trimmed recently in a different direction than the track.
I stupidly forgot my wetsuit bottom, but I did have a 2mm top and swim trunks with a liner, so I managed in the 60F water OK all day. Since I was more thermally challenged, I stay up and walked more of it, whereas my partners with full body wetsuits floated/swam down most of the river. The features (slides and jumps) are fun, but quite spread out with a lot of swimming, boulder hopping and such in between. It's certainly a good trip if you like being in the water a lot. I did a few rappels, but my partners downclimbed around those spots.
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| Poor | Extreme 
| Full wetsuit
| Extreme | 8 hours
| 2 people Intermediate to Expert | Rickinlo (17 reports) | |
Comment: Water level was entirely too high. We bailed well before we got to the lower narrows.
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