Roaring Branch

The first half mile of roaring branch, before the south fork dumps in, is tight technical and pretty steep, which equals lots of fun. This is a fun longish rapid with several cool moves, Russ dubbed it Spasmatic Mastication. Hard to find a good water level though, as there is a narrow window between low and lots of rock bashing, and high and really scary. The pictured level is slightly lower than optimal, maybe another 100cfs or so would pad stuff up better. Once the south fork dumps in the run gets more fluid and the river bed almost doubles. Big Branch was at almost 4 on the painted gauge