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My brother and I did a self-support of the Middle Fork two weeks ago in kayaks at some level above 7 feet. The FS said the river was at 8.8 but according the USGS records it was probably around 7.5 and I was fucking scared. Huge logs were floating with us, mainly through the Impassable Canyon. Does anyone know if the trail follows the river all the way to the confluence with the Main Salmon? Two female rangers at Indian Creek informed us that the trail followed the river all the way to the end, but from my map and from what I observed the trail swerves away at Big Creek. I was scared if I swam I would have to hike out, which would have been the case if I did swim, and from what I saw there is no fucking trail passed Big Creek. I planned on using the trail to either hike out if I lost my boat and/or portage some of the rapids at the end like Weber, Redside etc. the class IV's, but there was no trail and we ran the shit, and were freaked out. I thought about telling the FS about those dumbass girls but nobody really seemed to care. If someone was to swim in there at flood stage, or go into one of those holes, the likelihood of coming out would be slim.
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