A new put-in has been established about 1km downstream (still in the flatwater section) of the traditional put-in. Access to it is via a completely different road system and it only involves about a 20km shuttle. The only real catch to using this put-in is that it involves a 450m mostly flat walk. The walk is a little longer (~700m) if you don't have a high clearance vehicle as there is a deep cross ditch just before the parking spot. (Note: this cross ditch is the only spot on the whole access that cannot be driven in a 2wd car)
Directions:
From the take-out bridge (by the pulp mill), head North as if using the traditional access. Turn left at the first junction (you would normally turn right onto torrent road here) and start heading towards the Skookumchuck lookout. There is a Rec site at Tamarack Lake (approx. 5km from bridge) and this is where the Skook Lookout Forest Service Road (sign) starts, this is also the start of the km markers.
Carry on up the Skook Lookout FSR (staying on the main road) to about the 9km marker (~14km from bridge) where you will turn Left on a road that is signed "BR C". Stay on Branch C (basically just go straight) until you come to a junction with a road labeled "SP E" and continue straight onto Spur E (~16km from bridge).
Once you are on Spur E the road starts to drop steadily. At some point you will see the creek on your Left and it will become apparent where you are going. Stay on Spur E until you are at the bottom of the hill and hang a left at the first junction you come to (somewhere around the 15km sign or about 19km from the bridge).
This road switches back and you will follow it for a short distance (~600m) until you come to yet another junction where you will take a right onto the lower of the roads. Follow this road to it's end where there is a landing and a good place to park. (~20km from bridge) Beware of the cross ditch mentioned earlier that is a couple hundred metres short of the end/ landing.
Now get geared up, shoulder your boat, and head off the end of the landing and into the forest. A trail has been cut and is flagged in blue and pink / black candystripe ribbon. You will go down through the forest and cross a small stream on a fallen log (this stream might be a bit of a problem at really high water but if you are paddling the skook in really high water I'm sure you'll figure out how to get across it)
After crossing the creek, you will emerge into a flat cutblock which you will cross until you hit a road. (no you can't drive to here the way you just came) From this road you can see the Skook and the trail continues down off the road and through the forest to the edge of the Skook.
I know it seems like there must be a spot where the road is closer to the creek, but trust me....there isn't. Have fun and remember to beware of logging trucks, especially on weekdays.
