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Boaters may wish to split this run into a short run of the upper 2.5 miles, then shuttle down to 'park-and-huck' the final listed sequence (about 0.5-0.7 mile).

Bryan Foster provides (2014-04-29):

Ran this on 4/27/2014. Level was 742cfs and falling on the Hwy.169 virtual gauge. The level was measured at 76.5' on the put in culvert at Hwy.77. Levels in the range of 742cfs to 830 cfs were perfect for running Hwy.77 to Upson Lake Road. I would guess that below 400 or 500cfs would make this run too low.

The first main rapid is Upson Falls. You can scout this from the Park along trails in the woods. If you decided to run the falls, put in at Hwy.77, otherwise you can put in at the park. The falls consists of three drops. The first drop is about 5 to 6 feet and has a stair step in it. The river right side formed a decent hole at our level, so we ran a seam in the center. Scott pitoned on a line that went down one of the stair steps. The 2nd drop is larger, at about 10ft. We ran this on river right (you can see the line in the photo). The 3rd drop is only a few feet and has a few lines.

After Upson Park Road, the river has a nice class II Brunsweiler feel until a first ledge of about 4ft. There is a large rock in the middle and either side was runnable. Shortly after is the second ledge of about 4ft. We were able to run this anywhere, but some holes will most likely form at higher levels. River right is a safe slide.

At about 1.1 miles there's a rapid with a curving wave train down the left side of the river. This and the rest of the rapids down to the ATV bridge at Upson Lake Road were 'read-and-run'. We took out at the ATV bridge on Upson Lake Road, where there is a parking for about 2 cars. Sullivan Road was still snowed in (being a fire lane, it is not plowed in the winter).

Bryan Foster further provided (2014-05-09):

Ran again on 5-3-2014. Level was 830cfs and falling on the Hwy.169 virtual gauge. The level was measured at

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