Put In

Historically you could walk passed a simple vehicle gate and walk to the base of Green Peter dam to put in. A few years ago the Linn County Sheriff would show up whenever this happened - presumably an alert from the remote operations of the dam. In recent years more robust gate and wire has been erected as well. While a trail exists straight down to the river behind where the chain link ends and over a scree slope and poison oak, it's sketchy and at minimum it feels like you're doing something wrong. Lately most people have been putting in at one of two access points downstream, which misses a warm up and some time on the water, but quickens the pace of resetting for multiple laps and avoids negative interactions with law enforcement.