Mini Gorge's Fourth Rapid: Swirly Gneiss

Coming off Crevice Ledge river-right or center-right will feed directly into this last rapid of the mini gorge.  A tongue of fast green water sweeps down right-to-left before rising and piling up on the river-left wall.  The water then swirls for a couple hundred feet over smooth, gneiss bedrock with three small (~3ft) ledges under a smooth-face cliff.  The swirling water, fun waves, smooth bedrock, and sheer cliff create the sense of being in a miniature, less difficult version of Tallulah's Amphitheater.  Although usually pure fun, you should be watching for wood in this very narrow, fast, swirling stretch.

Photo shows paddler dropping into the top of this fourth and last rapid of the mini gorge.