Virgin, N. Fork

hello all, I ran this run on Sun, may 11th. it was a blast! however, this is my review: The river is very easy from the temple of Sinwava for 5 miles then at the 3rd walking bridge get out if your a rookie.... I should have but I'm really good at making bad decisions. Haha. I took my Seahawk sport 400 raft the whole way down, and it was exciting to say the least. So From the 3rd walking bridge (the court of the patriarcs) you will go over a super fun diversion dam its a 20 ft slide to a 3 ft. drop from that point on its a different river. After the dam are a ton of boulders to manuver around and non stop action for quite a while (lots of 3ft drops and shutes) I guess this is Satans Staircase. Be sure to portage after the first left after the first dam, there is a huge tree blocking the only path. After that it was all clear as my girlfriend and I thrashed this pretty durable 10ft raft, the cfs was 230 and thats the biggest craft you'll get down this run at this level. Watch out for Landslide Rapid! This is man made and designed to slow the river, it is a 5 ft drop and a nasty hole. I fell out of my raft and got recycled for a min. I was pretty shaken up and I'll steer clear of this in the future. The river will make a bend to the right And there is a 30ft man made wall on the left, get out here on the left to scout go up on the road to check it out, you'll here it. If you go over it get some damn momemtem!! After that is a bunch of fun rapids until you reach another diversion dam about 1/2 mile after landslide rapid. Get through that and is pretty much smooth sailing down to camp. Super fun day and best scenery ever!! Thanks for reading about my weekend warrior adventure. Joe Dematzzzzzzzzz