Little Pigeon, Middle Prong
3. Porter's Creek Confluence to Hwy 73 (The Greenbriar)
March 21, 2020
Trip Report
| Reporter | Judith Ranelli |
1.4 on the bridge gauge is wet-rock minimum. But everything goes.
Unlike the description on this page, we call the rapid by the ranger station 'Ranger Station' for obvious reasons, and the rapids near the take-out 'Wedding Boof rapids' since it's a picturesque spot for weddings. What is called 'Big Pillow' on AW is called 'Sidewinder' in the groups I have run this with.
'Sidewinder' has a spot to get out above on river right and scout. There's a left side chute that goes at minimum but it's possible to piton. The right side feeds into a curler/hole that can get nasty. There's a center line that is friendly enough at low water, haven't run it at higher flows.
'Ranger Station' by the actual ranger station is a long rapid that is not scoutable, that culminates in an ugly keeper hole river right that has beaten the snot out of some folks. Run as far left as possible. You can also boof the center rock at some levels but be aware of the keeper hydraulic wanting to reach out and grab your stern for a long visit.
Everything else is read-and-run.