78 - 12/18/2010 - Green River Gorge

View from Snow Cave

The previous weekend, there was a big storm that brought the river level way up on Sunday. The flow on the Green got as high as 6500 cfs. This day, however, the flow was 1400. We had a group of rafts, catarafts, and inflatable kayaks (more than what you see in the photo above). I had a good run without any incidents. For part of the run, I traded with one of the IKers so he could try out my boat.

The result of the high water the week before was that some old trees had been taken out, but some new trees had been deposited. A couple of these trees were in bad places in a rapid called Let's Make a Deal. This rapid has 3 routes. Door Number 1, which is the rightmost route, now has a tree across it. Door Number 2 has a tree on the downstream rock that is a problem at higher flows. Door Number 3, on the left, is clean, but this route is the toughest at low water.