Gauge Description:

It can be run down to 1.5', but it's getting bony. One local expert even reports a run in a Grumman Canoe down to 1.3'

Above 1.7 there is some surfing to be had in Staircase and Whitehorse.

A realistic minimum is 2.0, below that you're going to scrape over rocks until you get to the Staircase.

The stream starts changing character above 3 feet and gets bigger and faster. Most playboaters won't run this below 3 feet. Above 3 feet, several play options open up. This section can be run as high as your good sense and skill will allow.

Above 4 feet Staircase starts to take on some class 4 characteristics.

Expert playboaters love the river around 5 feet, and a couple of local professionals say that at 10 feet the river has some of the best playwaves in the east.