American, Middle Fork

Photo taken from inside the rock tunnel immediately below Tunnel Chute. The Chute is on river right out of view (left side of the photo). The waterfalls that serve as backdrop in this photo compose the more dangerous left channel that pour into the turbulent Class IV+ chute.
Putting on just below the dam penstock, the water is rather gnarly and unpredictable, beginning immediately as Class II and building to Class III before the channel widens and the river becomes nice and easy Class II until Tunnel Chute.
What is it about jump rocks and raft trips?
Excellent view of all 3 channels at the Top of Ruck-A-Chucky while a Tributary guide sets up to run the Class V+ Middle Channel.

To the left of the raft in the top of the photo is the entrance to the Class VI left channel characterized by being obstructed by huge boulders all the way down.

The middle channel, that the raft is about to run, is relatively free of obstructions, but at the bottom are submerged boulders and severely undercut rocks. A swim here would be long, deep, and quite possibly injurious.

On river right (foreground) is the entrance to the Boulder Sieve Death Trap that you must avoid at all costs.
At the top of the photo is a good view of the boulder choked left channel. Middle of the photo is an obstructed view of the middle channel, and at the bottom of the photo is the right channel--boulder sieve death trap. The Tributary raft at the bottom just successfully ran the Middle Channel.