Paddling the Elwha River Mouth 12/25/12

Elwha River Mouth, sediment plume, fall 2012

Elwha mouth fall 2012.

Jory Kahn Paddling above the Elwha River Mouth, 2010

More Notches Cut in the Gliles Canyon Dam, getting there..

Link:
http://www.video-monitoring.com/construction/olympic/s6latest.jpg

Seagulls at the mouth of the Elwha, Oct 2011

Elwha River Mouth at Dusk, 10/9/11

Lower Elwha Tribe Member After Fishing the River Mouth

Lower Elwha Dam Removal in Process & Lake Aldwell

Elwha River Mouth Surf, Oct 9, 2011

Elwha River Dam Removal Web Cams

Watch the Elwha River dams being demolished via a few cool webcams,

http://www.video-monitoring.com/construction/olympic/js.htm

Back at it

I've been revising a NW paddling guide for Mountaineers Books the past few months so have been behind on posts. The book, "60 Trips, Kayaking Puget Sound, the San Juans and Gulf Islands" will be released summer 2012. We added 15 new trips, including the Elwha for advanced paddlers. Cheers.

Scale Model of the Elwha Dam from the Port Angeles Marine Science Center

Scale Model of the Elwha from the Hurrican Ridge Visitor's Center

Useful Elwha Dam Removal Info Links -

There's quite a few links on the Elwha dam removal project. I found the following to be most useful in describing the project, and in posting updated info:

- Coastal Watershed Institute
- Elwha Watershed Information Resource
- Return of the River, Elwha Dam Removal Documentary
- Elwha River Restoration, Facebook Page, (most current info on the project).
- Olympic National Park, Elwha River Restoration page.
- Peninsula Daily News. Posts regular updates on the project.

Mouth of Elwha, early December

The Elwha motion blurred....

Driftwood Beach Shack

September at the Elwha River mouth

Tree Branch off the mouth of the Elwha

Jory surfing the class 2 rapid above the Elwha River mouth

I love this little wave train just above the river mouth. On small surf days, I'll paddle up there to play in the current. Or enter above the rapid on my waveski, run it, and surf the mouth. Few places offer so much variety in water features.