Virgin, N. Fork

Had a nice run on 6/7 at 200 CFS with four packrafts.

Parked at Bulloch's Cabin (this will require you to drive across a knee deep Virgin River and a high clearance 4X4 but not a jeep.) It's a 4 hour walk from there to the confluence of the Virgin with  Deep Creek. Perhaps 100 stream crossings ranging from mid shin to mid thigh. While there are places where you could float on the Virgin before Deep Creek, there was never a section where you could have gone even 1/4 of a mile without getting out of your boat. At a higher flow (400 on the gauge?) it woul be doable, but there were a lot of wood obstacles in that section.

From Deep Creek to the end of the Riverside Walk takes just over 2 hours at 200 CFS. We ran the Kolob Creek rapid (went right under the wood), easily portaged the Campsite 10 rapid on the left (although that one was tempting), and portaged the Campsite 12 rapid on the right (not tempting at all, that's a deathtrap). There was another log all the way across the river downstream from Orderville. We tried to get under that on the elft, but two of us flipped on it so the other two chose to either portgage or swim under the right side.

At 200 CFS, it was easy to pull over before hitting any of the big rapids and there was very little buttscooting from Deep Creek to the end of the Riverside Walk. We never had to get out of our boats because the water was too low.

We decided to keep going, originally planning to float to the Court of the Patriarchs, but bailed out at The Grotto and got on the shuttle. It took another hour and a half and several portages around wood (including right after the Riverside Walk) but was markedly slower going than upstream had been.

All in all, at 200 CFS I would call it mostly Class 2 with a little Class 3 assuming you portage the biggest rapids.

At 400 CFS, you could probably put a hardshell in the river right at the main parking area and have a nice trip, saving that 4 hour walk to Deep Creek.

By the way, before dropping the 15 foot waterfall, if so inclined, I recommend you walk all the way around it on the bypass to scout. There was an impassable wood obstruction/strainer below it, just out of site.