Cranberry
AB (Middle): Cranberry Recreation Area to Big Rock
April 29, 2012
Trip Report
| Reporter | CHRIS PREPERATO |
Ran this at about 4.6-4.7 (800ish cfs). Agree with the other comments, this is a solid IV run that could be considered IV+ in a spot or two. Several blind drops that were tough to see the line, and some wood in inconvenient places. Also, there are a LOT of sieves. Most of them aren't in the main lines, but, swimming would be especially dangerous.
The one log of note was a branch that stuck out into the current in one of the early rapids. It sticks out just enough that it can catch your edge and spin you (as one of my river mates found out)
There's a weird cave/sieve on the bottom left of S-turn as well. A swimmer would likely flush through, a boat would not. It'd probably be in play at higher flows (1000+), as the current does push there.