La Grande Canyon Photo of Brock Gravery by Justin States River Description Access is only available from Tacoma City Light during scheduled whitewater release dates. This year Tacoma requires that boaters call to confirm their attendance at a respective release date. In 1999, no boaters showed up for one of the release days. Reservations need to be made at least three days prior to release date.
Releases are contingent on two or more paddlers making a reservation.
If you make a reservation then you must show up otherwise you jeopardize releases in the future. For those of you who have read Jeff Bennett's book, A Guide to WW rivers of Washington , the description of this run is outdated. In addition, portaging is difficult at best. Some are impossible, including a class V which is very hard to scout. I know some of this information might be old, but there was a large number of people on the river, including myself, that didn't hear all the new details.