Beautiful Weekend at the North Fork of the Stan
May 19, 2008.Well folks, there’s still snow in the high country, so we might be able to squeeze out another week of rafting on the North Fork of the Stanislaus River. It was a b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l weekend in Northern California (if not a wee bit HOT) and The Stan was flowing about 900 cfs (cubic feet per second) on Saturday. My husband and I hiked up to Whiteout Rapid on the “trail” suggested to us by James Rodger, our California Operations Manager. (read… we bushwhacked about a mile upriver - you know, he’s from Canada and I suspect they have a different perception of trail than us Yanks)
Here’s a few images of The Stan…
Looking upriver at Whiteout Rapid…
Check out the biceps (and huge grin) of the bow paddler.
A successful run…
It’s such a beautiful, intimate river canyon. We spotted an Osprey, some Canadian geese-they must’ve taken another trail, various hummingbirds, lots and lots of bear scat, HUGE bees and a handful of happy boaters.
