Save the date! April 20-21,
Swift water rescue with Wildwater river guides! 10 scholarships of $140 each will be available to those that have been WRRR members on or before 1/1/24. Scholarship will be applied to cost of $300+ tax per person. The class will take place at Plum #1 river access point below powerhouse on the Snoqualmie River.
Sign up at https://shorturl.at/bdjwD
After signing up, Wildwater will contact you to complete registration and payment.
WRRR’s annual spring picnic will be moved back to Lake Ballinger Boat ramp in Mountlake Terrace. Come dial in your flip technique and bbq in style Sunday!
The Club BBQ is Sunday, April 28th. The fun starts at 11am, and there will be a potluck BBQ – the club will provide burgers, dogs, and a grill, and you can bring some goodies to share. We can also go over other river safety topics, like Z-drags and throwbag use, for anyone who is new to this or just wants some practice.
This is a great opportunity to get together with your boating friends and meet some new people, talk gear, and even plan trips. This is a fun and entertaining day on the lake.
Usually we start by sharing stories and flipping boats. Jim fires up the grill when people get hungry. Hope to see you there!!!
Trip Leader: Jim Johnson 425-471-1035/ brenan@theplusnw.com
Thankyou all for helping us with the 2023 Green River cleanup!!
Save the date for the 40th ANNUAL Green River Cleanup!!!! Saturday 5-4-24
Join WRRR, Paddle trails, OWA, WKC, BeWet, Nature Nuts, Boy Scouts, MGRC, WA state parks, and other several local clubs (If we missed your group let us know!) , neighbors and friends at the 40th Annual Green River Cleanup on Saturday May 6
4th!!! Every year lots of outdoor enthusiast enjoy the day recreating along the river, and cleaning up trash at the same time. As always, there will be lots to do for boaters and non boaters. River stretches are rated class 2-4. The last 3 years proved that we will boat no matter the flow! Hiking and ground crew sections are available from flat trail to adventurous river corridor cleaning. We found some huge trash areas and have local neighbor’s helping out as well!
Registration at the Headworks goes from 9:30AM-11AM. At Kanasket-Palmer State Park, you can register from 9:30AM-11:30AM. Help us clean up the Green River and keep it one of the most beautiful rivers you can raft. You can pre-register online at http://www.greenrivercleanup.org/register-for-the-clean-up/
NOTE: The following information will be updated when we have complete details. Cleanup volunteers will enjoy free camping at the Kanasket-Palmer State Park group camp on the Green on Friday and Saturday nights. We also have camps 1-14 for large groups and RVs. Please rsvp
WRRR will also be hosting a BBQ at Flaming Geyser Park (Picnic shelter #3). BBQ goes approx. 4-6pm. WRRR will be providing Burgers, Brats, and main course foods. We welcome you to bring side items potluck style! Food is provided at no cost. We encourage donations but they are not necessary.
There will be a DUTCH OVEN DESSERT COOKOFF, this year just like years past. IT will be held at 8:30pm at the Kanasket Palmer group camp. Show off your D.O. skills and impress your friends. Winner gets a prize which has been up to a $50 value in the past!!!
Make sure to check out The Waterlog or wrrr.org forum for complete details.
You can also find updated information through http://www.greenrivercleanup.org or the Green River Cleanup Facebook group.
THE BOB JOHNSON MEMORIAL WENATCHEE RENDEZVOUS
May 31st-June 2nd, 2024 (weekend after memorial day) Camping Thursday – Sunday.
SHOTGUN START 1130!! ! A group picture will be taken at Drunkards Drop! We will eat lunch and meet at lunch island to regroup. Mark will call Riverbooty when we leave lunch island.
Come join your fellow WRRR members for our annual Bob Johnson Memorial Wenatchee Rendezvous. Be a part of the greatest flotilla of inflatable boats on the Wenatchee followed by camping, raffle prizes, and a potluck dinner. Bob Johnson was one of the founders of WRRR, and every June we get together at the Wenatchee River to celebrate WRRR and its founders.
Don’t Miss It! WRRR does need your help with volunteering! We need prize table helpers, raffle ticket sellers, and Camp cleaners still!!!!
Boating: The main float is Saturday morning for some Summertime Class 3 fun!
Saturday:
-The main meet is at the Dryden gun club at 9am,
-Shuttle from East Leavenworth road at 10am. (From the Safeway in Leavenworth follow East Leavenworth road .7 miles up to the public access with a big parking area.
-The main flotilla Saturday is launching from 11:00 am 11:30am.
-Call any board member and we will relay the information to others and try to help you out. You may also coordinate with other boaters on the wrrr.org/forum and/or WRRR’s Facebook page. The shuttle is a game of skill, so make sure you coordinate well and pay attention!
-7:00pm Potluck Dinner at camp
-7:15pm General membership meeting and prizes!
THE RUN: Please remind your people of the dangers of the DRYDEN DAM! This is a drowning machine. The safest way to navigate is to portage on river right. There is a cart to assist that WRRR negotiated to have there a long time ago. There is an alternate way (experts only) to run left of the lowhead staying far away from the drowning machine. It is IMPERATIVE that you make sure your Pod understands what is going on. Please be careful not to lead other boating groups astray. Thankyou for your consideration to this matter. The Dryden dam can be easily scouted by heading north at the BIG Y Café and then heading right at the “fishing access” sign just before the bridge across Peshastin Creek. If this is your first time running the Wenatchee please contact a trip leader and they will be happy to assist you.
SAFETY: Please follow the American Whitewater safety code. PFD’s, Helmets, Wetsuit, Etc. The weather should be great so pack some water and a lunch and enjoy the day. Please pay attention to the boaters around you. With the big flotilla fun also comes some danger in the form of you getting lost in the group. Please make sure that 2-5 people are looking after you and you are looking after them. Boating in many pods in the main group are our key to success. There will be an official WRRR lead boat launching at 11am.
There will be Friday and Sunday trips also depending on interest. Check the gun club, trip leaders, or FB Groups for Friday trip planning. Sunday plans will be made in the campground Saturday night or Sunday morning. In 2013, there was a trip at 7am, so you never know unless you create it!
Most folks run the Wenatchee but there are some other nice rivers nearby, like the Chiwawa, Entiat, Methow, Icicle Creek, and Peshastin Creek. If your schedule is tight, hit the Sky on your way home. There’s plenty of runs on the “WET” side of Hwy 2. River runs ranging from class 1-5 abound in the area, so there is always something for everybody.
Camping at the old “gun club” RIGHT NEXT TO THE DAM PUT IN (Big Y Cafe area) : We will have WRRR signs at all the turns starting at the road. We request that you keep dogs on leash and police their do-do. This camping is first come first serve. We ask that dogs be on leash or in a vehicle during the potluck/raffle. Please pickup after your pooch and respect other peoples areas. Keeping your dog on leash or in a fenced area guarantees that Pet doodoo is picked up and everybody has a great weekend. Please be courteous to our neighbors.
Saturday Night Potluck Dinner: We will be having a great meal, but we need your creative and wonderful campfire cooking skills. You bring food and your own beverages. WRRR will bring paper plates, recyclable utensils, cups and napkins. Dinner is at 7:00 PM on Saturday to allow time for the raffle and general membership meeting.
Anybody with a Dutch oven will be coveted this evening. If you aren’t sure what to bring the following is a suggestion for the type of dish to make or bring. If you have a specialty or preference please bring what you like. Last name begins with:
A-P Main dish P-R Side dish or salad S-Z Dessert
Raffle: Following dinner on Saturday at the gun club, the club will raffle off some great river gear. You can buy your tickets at the campground before the raffle starts (or you can buy tickets from the treasurer after the raffle is over for half price!) Hope to see you there!
WRRR will have portable toilets at gun club area.
Trip Leaders: Rebecca Post, Brenan Filippini, WRRR board
Every July, WRRR descends on the White Salmon River for a fun weekend of fast whitewater and sunshine! We run the Section from BZ corner to below the old Northwestern lake. https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/view/river-detail/3064/main
Big cat boats and loaded rafts don’t work well! When staging, DO NOT launch way early and clog up the river access. Many commercial outfitters and other river users need access too. It’s super easy to keep your boat at the top. Get dressed, shuttle, get your PFD on and then launch and paddle into the safety eddy. Identify and launch with your safety pods in small groups so we don’t get in each others way. Thankyou for your consideration!
Join us on the beautiful White Salmon River. Camping is at Hollenbeck Park and free for WRRR members. **We will be meeting Saturday, at the BZ Corner Put-in, Saturday at 10am.** Shuttle leaves shortly thereafter. The river is a pool drop Class 3+ with optional Class V Husum Falls. The portage/lining is fairly straightforward at Husum falls, but does take skill. It is usually best to keep boats moving and regroup in the Eddie’s below the footbridge just around the corner.
The white salmon is best run with light boats or paddle rafts and IK’s / Hardshells. Boats require some effort to get to the bottom at the put in.
Camping is available Friday and Saturday nights at Hollenbeck Park 33 Mt Adams Road, Trout Lake, WA (off Hwy 141 to Mt Adams about 1/2 mile north of the store restaurant) Some years she has guests Thursday night so please respect others if you are arriving earlier Friday!
There is a Sunday trip going TBD at camp.
Trip Leaders: Aaron and Kat Birrell, Nancy Douty, Randy Rogers, WRRR Board
Join us for the 40th annual Carey Berger Memorial Poker Run! TONS OF CAMPING THIS YEAR!!! Check it out…. Camping opens July 29th and checkout is August 5th at NOON. Some people will boat on Friday, but the real fun begins on Saturday morning – buy your poker hands for $5 each at the put-in, and build your prize-winning hands as you float the river with your friends. Card Station #1 is at the putin where you can get more information and purchase your poker hands. Stations #2-5 are along the river in different eddies and beaches. Pay attention, stations come up fast!! At the end of the day (7pm), we have a great potluck and pass out the prizes to poker hand winners.
Poker stations generally launch between 9-930am. Most floaters launch from 0930-1130am. The sweep boat launches between 1130-noon.
There is no planned lunch at station 3 this year so make sure to bring your own and paddlers
Potluck and prizes are at 7pm!! This is a game of skill. If you miss the prizes or a station you will play a hand short!!!
This is always a great family event. The camp will be busy, we ask that you help us accommodate all campers by sharing and not reserving camps. If you have a camper or RV, please make sure you are prepared to share tent sites next to where you camp.
There is free camping for WRRR members ($10 donation for non-members). Lower Goodell Creek group camp is just across the road from the put-in, and is separated into two parts. The upper and lower loops. Please keep noise down after 10pm. Please make sure coolers are locked in a vehicle or bear box. Last year the parks confiscated several coolers left out.
Carey Berger had cerebral palsy, and it didn’t stop him from enjoying whitewater events. Carey was one of the original trip leaders of this event in 1985.
NOTE: The map shows the put-in, not our group camps.
Camp with WRRR members, friends, and family on the sunny Tieton River! For the month of September, there are irrigation releases from Rimrock Lake, and boaters from all over flock to the Tieton to take advantage of it. Flows usually peak in the middle of the month, and we’ll be right there!
The Tieton is a Class 3+ run with continuous gradient, lots of rapids, few eddies, and a runnable dam. There will be trips leaving from the WRRR camping spot river right Friday through Sunday. For approximate launch times check the July Waterlog, WRRR Facebook page, or simply just show up!
Club members and friends camp for free on the Forest Service land in the same spot WRRR has been invading for years in the dustbowl. WRRR will provide clean, portable toilets, but there are no other amenities except what you bring (and some trees, rocks, river, etc.). Pack out what you bring and help WRRR and the other outfitters keep this area clean and open.
POTLUCK: Back again this year is a dinner potluck at 6pm Saturday the 15th, in the dustbowl launch area. Bring your favorite dishes and hang out with river people. All are invited! WRRR will have paper plates, and some supplies. Bring your own plate/silverware is highly encouraged to save on waste. Pack in/ packout trash and recycles. See you there!!!
Note: The dustbowl area is not the “WRRR camp” – it is Forest Service land and anyone can camp there. Please don’t go in expecting that you have a special right to camp there. Also, for the past few years people have gotten noisier and the noise has gone on, until early Sunday morning, so if you like to sleep…
Keep in mind that some people may be cat people. 😉 So please keep dogs on a leash in the main camp area when unattended, and especially at dinner time.
And most importantly, be safe on the water! Know your skill level, bring proper gear, and be mindful of other boats on the water. The fast current of the Tieton and narrow banks will keep you on your toes from start to finish!
We’re continuing the tradition of Gear Swap and Repair Clinic for the October General Membership meeting. Come join us to find out who the candidates for the 2025 WRRR Board will be and have some fun with boats and gear. Bring your unused gear or stuff that no longer fits you or anything related to rafting and/or camping….someone will probably want it! There is buying and/or trading.
If you have gear that needs to be repaired, bring that too, as there is usually someone to help!
WRRR provides pizza around noon. Please bring your own beverages.
This year the event will be held at Mark & Karie Burns’ house. The address is 14528 SE 216th St, Kent, WA 9804
Join us on the SAUK! WE intend to run Whitechuck to Bachman park or the class 3+ run. If the flows are too low, we move to the Skagit or lower Sauk.
Check back for updates. We usually meet at the Darrington IGA at 10:15am
Rafting, fun, and BBQ!!! We will meet at the river and BBQ at the takeout weather permitting.
Sunday runs are possible and likely worked out on the river Saturday. See Facebook for last minute changes. Non FB users can contact Brenan and I will help look up and update you on changes.
CAMPING: Free Camping is nearby at the trip leaders camp Property . Personal responsibility and RSVP required, it is behind a gate.
LAUNCH BEFORE NOON. PLEASE BE EARLY!!!
Takeout, run, shuttle, light BBQ!!! Bring your own food/drink.
If camping Friday night let Brenan know. 3603196524. *If no answer Leave message / text. Or email for quicker response. brenan@theplusnw.com
Trip leader: brenan@theplusnw.com
Please join us on the Cedar River for a leisurely float and lots of fresh air. It is a great way to start the New Year!
-Meet time 11am at Nancy’s
-Last shuttle leaves before 11:55am from Nancy’s
The Cedar is a Class 2 river with Lots of little waves, nothing scary. The biggest challenge is to stay out of the trees and branches along the bank. Depending on the water level, it is a 2 to 3 hour paddle. It is a lovely river to practice your strokes and get ready for a new season.
It is an easy drive from Seattle. NOTE: This is a different location than the past few years. We are meeting at Nancy and Randy’s house because of a river wide log downstream.
We will meet at noon at Nancy Douty’s house at 11am. (22731 Dorre Don Ct SE, Maple Valley – phone 425-413-0948). We put in at Landsburg, and some people walk over to the park to run the slalom course first. We usually have between 2 and 25 boaters, depending upon the flow (and maybe the weather, but it’s Washington, you know) Last shuttle leaves Nancy’s at 11:55am.
Nancy recommends you wear as many layers as you can under your dry suit as possible so you will stay warm. We often have chili and/or stew or something to warm you after the float. If you like, bring something to share. And remember to bring you own beverages to stay hydrated.
Hope you can join us and start the New Year boating with WRRR at the Annual Hangover Float!!
Trip Leader: Wrrr board and Nancy 425-413-0948