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03. Woodside (US 6 Bridge) to confluence with Green River
March 7, 2020
Trip Report
| Reporter | Obe Tejada |
Ran from launch point 5.5 miles down stream of woodside to swasy's at 450-550 cfs on 4/20-22/19. We had one 9' and one 10.5' boat set up to row. Great trip!A few things of note.
There was plenty of water at this level for our boats. Though larger boats will have challenges with the narrow channel.
This is a very active section with near continuous class II to II+. Definitely not a beer drinking river. Also there are basically no eddys. We started calling it the raging ditch.
There is a rapid where long canyon dumps (about 17 mi from woodside) in that is worth taking a look at. Scout on the right. I would say class IV at the level we saw it. Is it long and steep with a lot of logs and some necessary moves.
The 'Little Big Drop' Rapid is about 2 miles upstream of the confluence with the Green River. It is preceded by a fun Class III rapid with a bunch of large boulders you will need to navigate around. After this the river makes a sharp turn to the left. A large boulder on river right with what looks like an entire cottonwood tree warped on it marks the entrance. Be ready to stop remember that eddys here are small and hard to hit. Scout on river left. The only run is a narrow shoot on the left. It can also be portaged on the left as well. Good luck and have fun!