Put In

From the parking area for Fonferek Falls County Park, you'll walk between a barn and a shed (keeping clear of the private residence which shares the driveway to the parking area), then head to your right (to the East) to the creek.

Most boaters will be content to view Fonferek Falls (from various vantage points) then carry downstream (to the left) rather than risk broken ankles and damaged boats.

There is a steep narrow muddy/rocky path to stream level. Either find a spot for seal launch into a rip-snorting start, or walk your boat upstream (minimal shoreline, so mostly in-water, rivers-edge) for a put-in as far towards the pool at the base of the falls as you can, to stage for the run downstream.

More experienced boaters who are confident in launching and landing a successful 'boof' will carry upstream (to the right). We strongly advise having a person (with throw rope) staged in the aforementioned pool for safety for anyone who opts to run the falls. Again, that whole pool area is almost uniformly knee-to-thigh-deep, so the safety person can walk and 'stage' themselves almost anywhere in that pool.