Big Splat

One short pool beyond Little Splat is the Biggie. There's no shame in walking Big Splat, a 15-footer in which all of the flow wants you to land on a bad piton rock. The line at the main drop is tough to read from water level. As if that weren't enough, the approach is gnarly, with undercuts and a bad keeper hole. This reporter once found himself upside-down through the horseshoe hole in the approach and barely rolled up in time for the main drop, an experience I never wish to repeat! Splat certainly lives up to its 5.1 AW rating. The portage is on river right, where a rope is attached to help you get down the ledgy drop.
Some first-timers walk around the gnarly approach to Splat and simply run the final drop.
Whether you walk or run Splat, it's a good idea to turn around and look back upstream. The view of the rocks, trees, and the travertine green water is something to treasure. It's part of why so many of us have fallen in love with the Big Sandy.