South Fork Mills River

Group of six put on at trailhead (had to carry boat about 1 mile down FS road as gate was closed. Few eddies at this flow- we split into 2 groups of 3. First significant rapid about 0.3 miles into the run had 2 logs jammed against right bank creating significant hazard- some of us portaged on river left trail and some ran a clean line on far river left. Another 0.5 miles into the run came across a river-wide strainer in class III rapid following large pool. After 2nd concrete bridge is class III rapid preceding rock slide (IV), which had wood in the center and very sketchy wood nearly impossible to see in the right side at the top.  Could scout river right but eddy above is small. Must make small eddy at bottom. Rock slide immediately precedes High Falls (must portage river right). After High Falls continuous class II+ boogie, occasional easy to portage river wide strainers. Highly recommend crack of dawn start or an overnight, abundant camping after high falls. True wilderness paddle with very difficult bail options

Info from our 3/27/2021 run at 700cfs

Put on the water at 11:30 and took out at 4:30. Put in requires ~1 mile hike in if the gates are closed. Take out requires ~.5mile hike. Strongly recommend scouting or marking the take out location. Take out at N 35 20.6217 W 082 39.9156 per my garmin. Shuttle takes about an hour. High clearance vehicle nice but not typically necessary.

The falls lie after the class IV chute. The chute runs river right and drops about 20 feet. The chute is a must scout feature, and itself is preceded by a river right chute or a right of center boof about 150 yards upstream. These features were observed just over an hour into the trip. The falls portage is on the right side of the river. It is narrow and steep.

About to try this with the next big rain. It looks way to low to run right now. I don't know if people hike in a mile or so or just put in at the little camp site / parking lot. Some body please tell me more about this run