Cabins along what used to be Northwestern Lake are threatened by erosion as the White Salmon River cuts a new path to the Columbia River after Condit Dam was breached.

Rafter Terry Neal, from Washougal, looks at cabins along what used to be Northwestern Lake, shown, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

Northwestern Lake cabin owner David Johnson gives a tour of the property he leases from PacificCorp, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

Cabins along what used to be Northwestern Lake, shown, Thursday, January 5, 2012, are threatened by erosion as the White Salmon River cuts a new path to the Columbia River.

Cabins along what used to be Northwestern Lake, shown, Thursday, January 5, 2012, are threatened by erosion as the White Salmon River cuts a new path to the Columbia River.

Cabins along what used to be Northwestern Lake, shown, Thursday, January 5, 2012, are threatened by erosion as the White Salmon River cuts a new path to the Columbia River.

Cabins along what used to be Northwestern Lake, shown, Thursday, January 5, 2012, are threatened by erosion as the White Salmon River cuts a new path to the Columbia River.

Cabins along what used to be Northwestern Lake, shown, Thursday, January 5, 2012, are threatened by erosion as the White Salmon River cuts a new path to the Columbia River after Condit Dam was breached.

Cabins along what used to be Northwestern Lake, shown, Thursday, January 5, 2012, are threatened by erosion as the White Salmon River cuts a new path to the Columbia River after Condit Dam was breached.

Cabins along what used to be Northwestern Lake, shown, Thursday, January 5, 2012, are threatened by erosion as the White Salmon River cuts a new path to the Columbia River after Condit Dam was breached.

Northwestern Lake cabin owner David Johnson gives a tour of the property he leases from PacificCorp, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

Cabin owner David Johnson gives a tour of what used to be Northwestern Lake, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

Stumps line the new shoreline of the White Salmon River as it cuts a new path to the Columbia River, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

Stumps line the new shoreline of the White Salmon River as it cuts a new path to the Columbia River, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

Cabins along what used to be Northwestern Lake, shown, Thursday, January 5, 2012, are threatened by erosion as the White Salmon River cuts a new path to the Columbia River after Condit Dam was breached.

Big Buck Creek enters the White Salmon River as it cuts a new path to the Columbia River, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

Cabins along what used to be Northwestern Lake, shown, Thursday, January 5, 2012, are threatened by erosion as the White Salmon River cuts a new path to the Columbia River after Condit Dam was breached.

View of the White Salmon River as it cuts a new path to the Columbia River, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

View of the White Salmon River as it cuts a new path to the Columbia River, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

Northwestern Lake cabin owner David Johnson, right, talks with rafters, from left, Doug Hepburn, Jim Waddell and Terry Neal at Northwestern Lake Park, Thursday, January 5, 2012.

Mill Creek enters the White Salmon River as it cuts a new path to the Columbia River, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

Mill Creek enters the White Salmon River as it cuts a new path to the Columbia River, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

Stumps line the new shoreline of the White Salmon River as it cuts a new path to the Columbia River, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

Northwestern Lake cabin owner David Johnson's dogs Blaze, right, and Harley, play on a new mud flat, Thursday, January 5, 2012, after Condit Dam was breached.

A man walks his dogs at what used to be Northwestern Lake, shown, Thursday, January 5, 2012, as the White Salmon River cuts a new path to the Columbia River.