Bruneau

We ran it on 5/15/20 to 5/16/20. We ran two 16 ft oar rigs, one 16 ft cataraft, several kayaks, two sabertooths, one 14 ft paddle raft and one 13 ft oar rig. The river level started at 850 when we put in and ended at 750 when we took out. Spent a lot of time in five mile getting the big boats unstuck, several pins etc. They are just too big at this water levels for all but really experienced boaters who already know the lines. All the boats less than 14 ft had minimal issues with rocks. Yes there was a lot of rock dodging but still a great experience for the smaller boats. Anything less than 900 leave the big oar rigs at home. At this water level five mile is pool drop rapids in succession. When it gets over 1500 those pool drop rapids disappear and they form a continuous wave train. I know they called wild burro a class IV and it is but you cant scout it easy and you don't need to. You will bounce off the wall at low water levels in a larger boat(bigger than 15ft) and at high water the standing wave wont let you hit the rock since the water pillows up. The real action is below the scary wall. Once you deal with the wall the action is below with several rocks to miss but you have plenty of time in smaller boats at this level. Above 1500 all those rocks go away and its a sheer joy to slide off the pillow and into a long wave train. This is by far the easiest read and run IV on the river but its super fun.