Price

At 500 cfs we ran the price from 4 miles in from woodside. There is a faint road just before a cattle guard that has a great put in spot. If you drive further up your going to miss some fun splashy rapids. It took us, to Swasey's take out, 8 and a half hours. We ran the Price in 6 and half hours with a stop for lunch and to scout the two biggest rapids. We averaged around four miles an hour on the slow parts at the start and the last half it picks up and we averaged six to 8. But we were in 2 sabertooths by aire and one culebra by Jacks plastic so not as fast as a kayak.

The river is really a 3 plus at this level. The two main rapids are both run to the far left and not as scary as they sound and I am not sure I would give them a four as the guidebooks say. However, there is a lot of wood in the river that you are constantly moving around all day long. But as of this posting nothing blocking the channel. That being said it might be worth scouting Long Canyon Rapid and Little Big Drop just to see if there is any wood in the main channels since you are a long ways from help and both are a tight squeeze.

I posted some photos of little big drop as there is a giant cottonwood tree on river right that you see coming around a bend. Once you see the tree get out on the left. If the drop scares you the portage is only 30 or 40 yards.

This was honestly one of the best runs I have ever done, fun, splashy and scenic. This should be a Utah Classic if it ran more often.