McKenzie
state:
Oregon
run:
Mom's Pies to Silver Creek
Drainage:
Willamette
Class:
II
Flow:
2.5 ft
Gradient:
22 fpm
Length:
2 miles
Character:
roadside
Season:
all year A fun play run on the McKenzie that is available to paddle year round. When nothing else in the state is running, the Mac is in. Mom's to Silver is a short play run that provides the most bang for the buck on the river.
At flows below 2 feet, there is low water play at Clover Point.
At flows from 2.5 to 3.1 feet, there is excellent play at Neils.
At flows above 3 feet, all sorts of different features come in to play at Clover Point, and as the water gets higher, the play gets more amazing. I'm sure there's a point where that stops being the case, but i've run it up to 5.5 feet, and it's quite amazing.
Around 6.5 feet, i hear that Neils comes back in and is stellar, though i have yet to experience it.
Hazards:
none.
Access:
Drive up the McKenzie River until you get to the Silver Creek boat landing. It's a little ways east of Vida.
Gauge:
McKenzie at Vida 
