Fall River

At this flow from the put in to the take out at 3800 took 2 hours. That is without stopping to scout the dam. At this level all sides of the dam ran well. However, I would not run the right side in a raft at this level since less water goes over that side and the cement there is rough. Kayaks ran it great. It must have been a low water year since it was not running at 1400 as required by the permit. That being said it was still glorius and splashy

Ran on 6/1/2021 at 2400 in a kayak super fun and pushy. A swim would be a long one at these flows. Rafts and kayak both do equally well at these levels. Ran multiple times and did left side of dam. At these flows there is no recirculation on the left side just a big fun wave to punch through. Actually, as flows go up the left side gets safer while the right side starts to recirculate.

Ran this on May 7th at 1600 and this really took away all the rock garden features and turned it into large wave trains. There was no wood and there still was lots of snow on the north facing aspects of the river. At this flow the diversion dam has no recirculation on either side and that makes the left side super fun to run with the tall standing wave. We did it in multiple types of craft with no problem. Bob's revenge is super fun at the end at this flow with a huge standing wave. Take out at the power plant.

Ran this Jul 19 at 225 cfs in packrafts and a Pack Cat. Very shallow and bony, continuous challenging maneuvering to avoid rocks. Warm water, rapids all just a matter of not getting stuck. Had to get out and carry over rocks once for ~40 feet. Portaged the dam (left side only open, very shallow, just walked down the right side where it is normally run). Fun, slow, feasible.

Ran this on July 4 through 6 at 640 and 670 and it was still really fun. At this level we still got a 13 foot raft down and a bunch of newbies in duckies. The bigger stretches become more pool drop rapids with places to recover. At this level this is a class III river there are no class IV moves. We ran the dam again on the right but at this level it gets sticky sliding down the dam but we still made it and there is no standing wave on the right at all.

Ran this on June 5 at 2400 approx. It was lots of big waves and no rocks. Made the run much easier than medium water. Super fun in 14 ft raft, 12 foot cataraft and 14 ft cataraft and spent the whole run hitting holes on purpose. The damn is still super safe on the right side approximately 20 feet off the right bank. We run the dam at all water levels with all types of craft. The end class IV has a nice stand up wave. You can always miss it by running left, but why would you? My advice to anyone running inflatables take out at 3800 E as it crosses the river. This site is much easier to get out of than Kirkham bridge. You only have to get your boat up a 10 foot slope as opposed to a 100 yard boat haul followed by walking it over another 50 yards to the parking lot. If you fell out at this level 2400 you would have a long swim if you were running a Duckie etc.

I don't agree with the description of this run as class 4. I ran this in mid july of 2017 at medium flows. I was in a packraft and still fairly new to whitewater. It was a nice challenge but I never felt intimidated. Most of it is class 2+ with one harder class 3 rapid with a wave/hole that flipped a couple people.

Just ran it at 2100 in a SOTAR legend 14 foot and a JP Culebra. Great fun hole punching the whole way down. At this level punching Bob's nemesis was a blast with those boats. An experienced person in a Duckie would be great at this level. But a swim would be long. Also past Bob's nemesis and just beyond the spigot with the warning signs is a large submerged log on river left that look like a great pour over but in actuality has lots of spikes coming out of it that you can't see that would rip a hole in your boat. This is easy to see if you know its coming so heads up. Also I have run this many times and this is the easiest I have ever run the Dam. However, I never portage it.

A crew that was participating the Packraft Roundup rallied over to the Fall River and had an absolute blast. It was a fun day of playing hard and pushing skills on an ideal river for skill-building at a great flow.

No logs in river as of July 5, 2009. Just rafted Fall River at about 1000 CFS--a really fun level with a few long class III rapids. Portage dam on left.

I've run this a lot great fun from 1500cfs and up. Above 2000 cfs consider doing the upper run in conjuntion with this one. fun in kayaks and rafts.

Excellent run. Have done between 1000 and 3400 cfs. Probably the most fun around 2000. Becomes very continous at the higher flows and reaches class IV.

The danger is the dam, look for it at the end of the lake. Runnable at some levels, portage is always a safe option.