I picked up a shiny new Burn and immediately had one thing on my mind: get into some goods!

I was in Northern Oregon and with the great weather and spring melt, the obvious choice was to get on the Oregon Salmon while it was in its small window of fun flows. The water turned out to be a little low, but it was still a great day!

The Salmon River flows off the south-west face of Mount Hood and has gotten quite a bit of attention in the last few years. This year we went in with a couple reporters from the Associated Press and got a great story and a video from the day to add to the buzz about the run.

Here are some more photos….

Scouting the previous day.

Getting the AP crew across the Sandy River on the way to the put-in.

Myself running the first falls, Split Falls.

Photo: Keel Brightman

Photo: EJ Ehterington

Running the left line on Vanishing Falls. Thanks to Keel for showing the way.

Photo: EJ Etherington
On a sticky little ledge between the goods.

Photo: Keel Brightman

I decided to fire up the big one at the end. It went quite well and was a great cap to the day.

Tossing my paddle at the bottom trying to keep it from meeting my face.

Photo Copyright Lana Young

Another angle at about the same time.

Photo: EJ Etherington

That’s all for now, so make sure to check the article and I’ll have a little more video soon.

Posted by Chris Korbulic

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 1st, 2007 at 7:40 am and is filed under Paddler Lifestyle Articles, Creeking Articles.