Clavey

This lower section of the Clavey River is beautiful and pristine, and much steeper + more congested than the upper section. Although no individual rapids are singularly huge or overly notable, this section contains a sh*tload of good class 5 (and some 5+) drops stacked one after another. Although most of the river is pool -drop character, many of the pools are short, and long boulder-hopping type sections are also prevalent.

Below the (now closed) bridge which marks the end of the upper section, the pace continues gradually. The first rapid is directly next to a huge slab of rock, which makes a good campsite. The rapid is a bit of a pinch drop into a flushing chute, which goes much better than it looks. If you feel like walking it -know that the next 8 miles contain numerous class 5 drops which will be more continuous, taller, stouter, and often more technical or junky.

After the campsite rapid, gradient eases for a mile or two, offering numerous fun class 4+ stuff. The next bigger section is in a short gorge, featuring a series of maybe 5 ledges which are mostly boat scoutable. The gorge exits into a long, fun, and occasionally junky boulder garden (class 5). Somewhere in this section was an 8 foot boof on the right, which will smash your ass on a bad rock if you don't boof in the proper place.

After some more boat scouting and boulder junk (class 4ish), you'll come to a horizon line that is one of the taller on the run. This ~15 foot boulder pourover is best run in the center of the river, eddying out at the top behind some bushes, and taking a delayed boof with nose pointing back left. The runout is good down the middle (class 5).

Easier boulder hopping once again continues for about a mile, until the Hunter's Bend gorge -which is probably the most fun section of the run. Big white granite boulders clog the riverbed, and the bottom of the canyon is quite gorged up in several parts -making scouts/portaging difficult. This section is quit

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