Paddling Butte Creek at a low 270 cfs

The Butte Creek gauge we use is an algorithm done by Pat Welch, so it’s not an exact reading. On the morning of Feb 18, I checked the gauge and it was 270 and rising. The Molalla, another good reference point was also 1800 and rising. Seemed like good conditions for a run of Butte Creek. What I didn’t know what that as soon as I walked out the door, both readings had hit their high marks and were beginning to fall despite the day’s prediction for at least a 1/10 inch of rain or more. The level ended up being the lowest I’ve ever run Butte Creek. Still fun. Still doable, But a bit sticky on some of the ledges as you’ll see in the video. As we were scouting on the drive up the rapid known as Knucklebuster, a group of Seattle IKers drove up and we started talking to them. They were down here for a run of Butte Creek because of a video they had seen online. With the few times we run Butte Creek a year, what are the chances of a group of paddlers coming from out of state and running into the guy who made the video?