Conditions:Hungry Bear-20240819181428
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18 Aug 2024 (1 yr, 4 mos ago) |
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| Reported by: | Logan (60 reports) | |
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| Quality: | Good |
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| Waterflow: | Moderate Low |
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| Wetsuit: | Full wetsuit |
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| Difficulty: | Normal |
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| Time: |  6 hours
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Team: 5 people with experience level Brand new to Advanced
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Comments: The 180-foot multipitch with mid-station rain room is special. Also a couple good crack rappels. Half dozen downclimbs are a nice bonus. No jumps or slides to speak of. Solid 3-star canyon. Would like to do in higher flow - shoot for July next year. A good one to take new students in low flow. Easy clean approach and exit. Only 1 1/2 drive from Seattle. Bring paddle board for the lake next time.
All condition reports
| Date | Quality | Waterflow | Wetsuit | Difficulty | Time | Team | Reported by |
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| Good | Moderate Low
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | 6 hours
| 5 people Brand new to Advanced | Logan (60 reports) | |
Comment: The 180-foot multipitch with mid-station rain room is special. Also a couple good crack rappels. Half dozen downclimbs are a nice bonus. No jumps or slides to speak of. Solid 3-star canyon. Would like to do in higher flow - shoot for July next year. A good one to take new students in low flow. Easy clean approach and exit. Only 1 1/2 drive from Seattle. Bring paddle board for the lake next time.
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| Poor | Low 
| Thin wetsuit
| Easy | 5 hours
| 3 people Advanced | Canyon Hopper (8 reports) | |
Comment: Did this at the wrong time. Expected moderate flow and was quite low. Bushwhack isn’t too bad except for the last 100ft or so getting to the creek. Didn’t see an approach trail up to the old “road” but woods are easy to navigate. All anchors were in good condition. Very short time in canyon. At this flow rebelay was straight forward. Pull of the upper rope from the rebelay was a bit challenging.
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| Great | Moderate
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | 6 hours
| 6 people Advanced | K arc (393 reports),Coops (141 reports),AdamOtter (76 reports) | |
Comment: Second descent, years later and in much different weather. All the bolted anchors survived well. Flows were lower than before, but in bright sunshine R3 filled the air with rainbows. We added a redirect bolt so R3 could be rapped in the flow. We add bolts to numerous unbolted raps. Comparing photos I had forgotten just how high the flows were on the first descent.
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| Good | Moderate
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | 6 hours
| 6 people Advanced | Korey (86 reports) | |
Comment: Second descent, a fun canyon with a great headliner rappel when the sun is overhead. The hungry bear was rather docile today.
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| Good | High
| Drysuit 
| Special challenges |  9 hours
| 4 people Advanced | Coops (141 reports) | |
Comment: First descent on a wet October day. The hungry bear was out in force, eating a lot of our team's gear. While bolting R4 I was confused by how wherever I positioned myself out of the water, it would find me a few minutes later. It wasn't until afterwards that the teammates positioned upstream explained it had started raining and the creek had risen notabily in the time they stood waiting.
A few obstacles were bypassed, but R7 & R8 were spicy with high flow in concentrated channels which needed stemming.
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