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0.5 Francis Walters Dam to White Haven (Top)

May 29, 2012

Trip Report

ReporterCarl Marsh

I was wondering at what point (CFS) does the difficulty jump the
next level . I am taking some new people out and I wanted some
good starter stuff.

Ok went down to the river and spoke to some guides and they
said that you could run the dam to White Haven at 2800 but he
would only in a sealed boat. He did note that people run it at
800-1000 with open boats like i have (10ft kayak no skirt yet)

Ok an update My friends and I went on Sunday a dam release day Water CFS was 800 CFS and 4.2 ft. 2 of us on 10ft kayaks and one on 12 ft. The only one who flipped his kayak was in a 10ft and he seemed to be aiming for rocks. We were told by some others at the end that we were out of our minds but I don't really think It was that bad. Some hairy parts but the rapids were scattered so you could recover in the slow parts. I had to stop 3 times to drain my kayak from water splashing in. I'm no expert but I do have the skill to hold a line i see and avoid rocks. I will do the run again but with a skirt.

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