February 13, 2005
| Reporter | Clay Wright |
Daniels is fun! The top-down option is pointless since you miss Bear and walk the stairs, then the next falls (a 33'er into 3' of water - might go if high water). Instead, hike up from Bear on the downstream side of Daniels (shortly below Armegeddon on river left)- there is somewhat of a tral (like Cooper) and you'll put in just a couple drops down from the 30'er. While the 10'er below it is fun, there is an unrunnable rapid just below that so I usually put in just below the clearly unrunnable drop when you can see the 10'er and 30'er ahead
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The first drop is a cool crack/falls you'll want to keep your bow right on.
There is also a nice double drop (4' into 5'), a technical 8' boof between rock and a log, some junk, then a cool flume /crack thing that can be snuck right. Super-technical precision boating. Best when Bear is 15+'' or the rain was recent. You'll drop right back into Bear ready for the 'gnars'.
I've got 5 runs in, it's perfect when there's not quite enought time for a second run or you just want some hard, more technical rapids.
Clay