Yellow

From: Alex Brantley,

The yellow river below us 78 is a very good run being in the area that it's in. The run has lots of play through out it, but also has some creeky feeling rapids in it. It also can be run at VERY low water, i've ran it at 58 cfs before. The run is playable from about 750 cfs down, anywhere above that i'd bring a creek boat. The run has some very good unmarked play rapids, the first is a little foot and a half ledge that makes a wave or hole, the next is a 3 maybe 4 foot ledge with a nice wave in the center and holes on the right, then you get to the island rapid and the ledges above them, it's basically one rapid. go left around the island for a creeky set of rapids (3 in all), and right around the island for a fun slide with a big rock in the middle of it, then its flatwater till about a half mile above the falls, there is a fun little shoals rapid, then you get to the falls, the falls are big, lets put it that way, at low water the center is the only route, and it has two big holes after you get past the big slide thingy with a piton rok on the left and a cave on the right, the first hole is a keeper so its important to stay on line to punch it, the next is right below the keeper which is punched with no problems, i recomend waiting until high enough water level to run the 8 foot ledge. Below the falls and under the bridge is a very fun class 2/3 rapid. the top part is a sluice with big wave trains and a suprise hole in the middle, but you have to be careful not to ride this all the way out or it will put you on a bad line for the next drop. You DO NOT want to go over the right and center of this ledge, the center is a big keeper hole and the right has very bad piton and pin potintal, go to the left side of the 4 foot ledge, there is a very nice wave or hole depending on what level you go at, then play your way down the rapids along to the takeout, these rapids make for some nice surfing, there is even a nice catwheel hole along the way. At the takeout (the bike park) there is a very fun rapid (we call it 'crack in the rock jr.), lines are everywhere, the best is through the center, there is a opening in the big rock that goes across the river, try to run the opening from the left to avoid a piton and maybe byt not likely pin, at medium to high flows a big curler forms that may scare some people if so run far left there is a fun slide with a very fun flatspin hole, the hole is there at almost every water level, and on the far right of the big rock is a cool little wave beside the big boulders, i have been trying to make the wave and hole bigger but every time the yellow gets very high it washes my hard work away. Then take out at the bike park and walk to your car.