Quinapoxet

I ran the Quinn after a week of rain. Flow was 9.8-10 feet. Conditions were Class II with a longer Class III rapid in the second half of the trip starting with the abrupt dropoff under the I-190 overpass. The Quinn was super fun, but... there are now multiple strainers throughout the trip (at least 5) including a full river wide strainer just above the I-190 overpass. This one required portaging. The others were not complete riverwide and could be skirted.

Ran for the first time today with Quin frequenters Patrick Robbins and Michael Orsini.

At 9.3' it was very fun - lots of surfs and eddies to catch.  Overall I'd rate it an easy class III perhaps, with fairly consistent class I-II throughout and a couple III sections.

There are two riverwide strainers in low current sections, and plenty more branches and trees partially blocking the river at the moment.  Nothing that isn't avoidable or portageable safely.

Ran the Quin for the first time Saturday with a group of 13 mostly kayaks and a few OC1s. Level was 9.5' which meant not bony at all. Lots of wood in the water but no portages were necessary. There is a log just above water level blocking the main channel at one point and you'll see a large boulder about 20' above it on river right. If you eddy out behind this rock, there is a side channel you can take to avoid the log. The exit of this channel has some sweepers blocking it but the current is slow and you can easily get by on the channel left side.

Sunday we returned to play the wave at the put in for a while. Level was 8.5' then and dropping.

My wife and I ran it on 6/3/2012 at about 8.4 on the gage. Although AW says it's runnable down to 8.1, I'm not sure I'd do it again at this level - it was pretty bumpy. Lots of strainers and low-hanging trees - although only one that required a portage, if the water were pushier things could have gotten scary.

At the bottom of a small island that splits the river into two channels is a nice set of double play waves. Note: Take the left channel as the right is blocked by a strainer.