Richland

[canoe]

for all of you are wondering about Richland I called J Vanderpool (lives in the house next to the creek) He looked out his deck and said it's up but not over the bridge hope that helps.... Pam

[tomcat]

USGS gages are now reporting timely....Richland is 4.24 at 10:30 a.m. Still spiking so no tellin' how high she'll go. I'm stuck at work.

[Allen Rittman]

Hey Tomcat did they get the road to the campgroung fixed yet?

[tomcat]

I do not know....but have not heard it was open. Maybe somebody else will chime in with better info.

[Randy Dodson]

just talked to the FS. the road is still closed.

[Dave Smith]

Yep, Susan has been talking with people "in the know" and the road will be fixed but I wouldn't hold yer breath.....

[canoe]

I have talked to the guys in Jasper several times about this issue. they assure me it is gonna happen in fact hoped to have it done by early fall.
with the new 6 plus inches of rain I"m sure that will create a delay. They tell me they have had a hard time locally because they are having to deal with the higher at beeeeeeeeeesssssssss so have faith I think it will happen... Pam

[kansasjames]

Anyone gona meet around 10am Thursday to get a run in????

[canoe]

If Richland is not too big, we plan on being there about 10:30ish, although if it's real high, a shredder run may be in order. Dale

[Ryan Viser]

What's a shredder run? I bet Bobtail is pumpin :)

[canoe]

Shredder is a small two man raft, about 11 ft long, 4 ft wide, the Porshe of rafts, weighs about 35 #, the ultimate for big water technical runs. Good for almost anything from 4ft., to 7 ft., ?more on Richland. Dale

[canoe]

Richland at 7.8, Major runs tommorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gfitzge7]

just curious how much does said raft run...and how experienced should I be to run lower richland. I have been on Mulberry up to 4ft, Boxley during prime water, lee creek, and did hogeye run today. I know I am not good enought to do upper richland. Can lower be done in a open canoe, or is to big.

[canoe]

Looks like Richland or tributaries will be the order of the day. We may be able to actually bring two shredders with us , so it maybe a classic. Lower Richland will be huge at this level(think Gualey size, but very doable) Dale

[canoe]

To answer your question, yes Lower can be run in OC, but definitely a step up from what you listed. Dale