Raquette

Tubs and tubs. Taken the Monday of Beaver Fest 2017. Nominal flow for the release.

Sorry about the lack of consistent lighting across this composite photo. On River Right (Looker's Left) is the Particle Accelerator; River Left is Da-Falls.

Description of 1200cfs follows:

The channel-wide hole at the bottom of Colton Falls is essentially a keeper around this level. Don't know of anyone who has actually run the slide at this level or above. (The far right channel has been run from the Top at levels up to 3000)

The Left channel/Ledges at Tannery Ledges are very sticky. The right channel is a fun CL IV boulder field.

The hole at Mushroom Ledge is sticky...don't get to close to the Mushroom. The far left has a fun CL IV slot move...boof left.

The Horseshoe falls in the Narrows is really sticky if you miss the boof, but you can swim out.

The regular line at the Tub 'goes', but there is very little room for error . Missing the line is unforgiving. Running the far left line is an option but you will take some licks even with a 'clean line

Both options at 'Island Falls' still go. The entrance into 'Da Falls' can be sticky and push you into a rocky landing. The right channel (Particle Accelerator_Rocket Ride_50:50) gets a bit more chaotic with big reflex waves. The hole at the bottom is still tame and only the far right is very sticky. Careful of hitting the wall or being pushed into the 50:50 slot. This drop gets mean above 2000cfs...3000cfs was ugly

200 proof still goes, the entrance is a bit more technical and the reflex waves in the slot are BIG. The hangover ledges cleanup a bit but can be sticky if you're not paying attention.

The Bottom two miles is a better CL II-III at this level.

Jason is at THE KEY ferry for setting up 'The Colton Boof'. The Boof area is the ledge near the left side of this photo. Overshoot this ferry, you may catch an eddy (that won't do you any favors) just above the ledge ... or you may catch too much rock and teeter or spin off the ledge. Undershoot this ferry, you'll run into the crease and a probable tumble in the hole.
This is where to be for the Colton Boof.
This is one example of what happens if you overshoot the ferry to the Colton Boof. Where the orange boat is penciling, the water pushes back toward the ledge/hole. It can be a tough place to roll.

These dudes were trying out a different line, a slot on the middle right. Two tried it--and two needed to recover their boats afterwards.
Great fun to watch.

The boof is upstream, river-left of the paddler. The boater's now heading over the rooster-tail which leads one to the 'soft spot' of the hole at the end of the rapid.

Strainer is gone

The Tub aka Double Drop is a purty darn steep double falls with a recirculating tub boiling away mid-way down. Avoid the tub by stayin on the left side of the main flow.
Hole at bottom is a tad sticky, but she got out OK.

In a Red Hurricane, no less !
Take a close look....is he happy, or what ?

I love this camera...and so will you !

Is that pillow really soft ?
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High line around Horseshoe Ledge in the Left Channel of the Narrows.

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This graph of the gradient vs. river mile was obtained from the USGS topo maps of the two streams. Note that, while the Moose has some huge drops (where two or more contour lines coincide), the Raquette does indeed drop at 200 feet in its first mile. The drops on the Raquette are pret-ty big, too. With all that gradient, most people regard the Raquette as a step up from the Moose.