Tilt-on

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Tilton River 1300 cfs.

Class III-IV

Today was a low key day on the Tilton river, which is typical for our backyard run. We met at the regular meeting spot, a department store similar to an up-scale version of Wal-mart. It was a small group this morning, Chris, Gregg, and I.

At the Ike Kinswa state park we ran into another group, chris knew one of the folks but the rest were strangers. We suited up and made our way to the super-secret-put-in that is located on a christmas tree farm. Our friend Brian knows the owner and got permission to put-in on their property instead of putting on 2 miles upstream on a class II stretch.

I decided that I needed to paddle the playboat again today, a decision that I always end up regretting during the last mile or so, sore ankles, knees and spending plenty of time upside-down contribute to that. But the surfing part is really fun so it's a double edged sword.

At the top of "surf city" we pulled over and hung out while we took turns surfing the glassy wave at the top. While we surfed the other group caught up to us and we spent the rest of the trip paddling together.

I got unintentionally worked in a hole in surf city, and spent a little time trying to figure out how to get out of it. In the picture you can see the hole over Gregg's shoulder.

Once we reached the lake we decided to stop and stretch the legs and take a walk up Cinebar creek and took a look at the water fall that pours through a narrow notch in the rock. A short hike with a sweet view.

The temperature was cold but there was no rain so it made it more comfortable. All in all it was a high quality day on Tilton River. It was nice to have a low adventure day to finish up the weekend.