Miller, West Fork, Washington, US |
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| Usual Difficulty | V+ (for normal flows) |
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| Length | 2.5 Miles |
| Avg. Gradient | 312 fpm |
| Max Gradient | 640 fpm |
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level |
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| West Fork Miller | ||||
| virtual-6263 | 180 - 280 cfs | V+ | 00h30m | 71.52 cfs (rc= -1.1 ) |
SEASON: Fall rains and spring snowmelt
FUN FACT: Extreme steep creeking
TAKEOUT: Turn onto NE Old Cascade Highway from Hwy. 2 at mile 45.9 (you'll see the sign for Money Creek campground). Follow this road 0.9 miles to Miller River Road (FR 6410). Drive to the West Fork bridge (mile 3.5 and elevation 1270'). Check road conditions with Mt. Baker - Snoqulamie National Forest; follow link to the forest road conditions report under the recreation link.
PUT-IN: An old jeep trail, officially closed to vehicles in fall 2000, parallels the river along river left. The gradient tapers off and you can find a good put-in after about two miles of hiking and scouting.
DESCRIPTION:
Some extremely steep boulder gardens and a couple of marginally runnable waterfalls. Tao Berman ran the upper one known as Borderline and Bryan Urakawa ran the lower one which is Immigration Falls. You can scout the run as you hike to the put-in. Log hazards have been significant in recent years.
Submit a comment if you have a good photo, wish to contribute a run description, or would like to take over as Streamkeeper.
lat/long approximate by Tiger server
for additional information see:
The virtual gauge for this run provides approximate flow based on the relative area of the basin and the Skykomish at Goldbar gauge downstream (the river is good between 8,000 and 12,000 on this gauge). The Goldbar gauge is also available through the NOAA hotline 206-526-8530.
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level | ||||||||
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| West Fork Miller | ||||||||||||
| virtual-6263 | 180 - 280 cfs | V+ | 00h30m | 71.52 cfs (rc= -1.1 ) | ||||||||
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| When | River/Gauge | Subject | Level | Reporter |
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| Miller, West Fork [WA] |
West Fork Miller
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n/a | Thomas O'Keefe | |
| 3y240d07h57m | West Fork, Miller [WA] |
WF Miller
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8800 cfs Skykomish @ | Chris Tretwold |
| Mile | Rapid Name | Class | Features (Legend) |
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| 0.1 | Immigration Falls | 5.3 |    |
WF Miller, Immigration Falls reach
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Upstream of Miller Rd. Bridge, Miller, West Fork Washington, US (mobile)
User Comments
falls so you do not miss the eddy above it. We scouted some rapids on the easy hike in but ended up
scouting rapids once on the water anyway. Surprisingly alot of this creek is boat-scoutable due to
lots of micro-eddies, but basically once the creek gets going it does not stop until the take-out
bridge. In june of 2008 the creek was almost entirely wood free except one 10 ft falls that had a
log in the landing zone. Very fun, fast, furious creek to paddle. Good run for a 1/2 day adrenaline
rush!