Bellingham Whitewater

Thunder’s Still Rumblin’.

Posted by Chris on September 17, 2007 at 5:39 pm | In Trip Reports, Movies |

Well, it was another great day on Thunder creek! We had a big posse (11 people) but all went well. Thunder Creek has some great rapids that hold their composure even at low levels. On Sunday the flow was around 500 cfs; just about all the big rapids were still good, and the “tweener” rapids lost some of their kick but were filled in enough.

Sunday also saw Trial Falls get run for what may have been a first descent, and some boys from Colorado made the 1st no portage descent.

For flows on Thunder creek I would say high end maybe 1500cfs with optimal flows being between 700-1100cfs while 900cfs and above would feel a bit pushy, also, you could run it as low as 400cfs but I can’t say that the hike would be worth it… well, maybe if you were really jonesing to paddle.

Here’s a bit more video:

More Thunder creek… from CHRIST on Vimeo.

And some pics:

Hiking In Boats with legs: the hike in.