S-Turn

Shortly after Smooth Ledge is the toughest rapid on the Rapid. S-Turn is loaded with holes, and pinning rocks. The waves and turbulance is not as great as the Pitches but the mixture of waves, holes, pinning rocks, turbulance is what makes this rapid so difficult. Be careful if you try and sneak along the banks, the arrangement of the rocks along the shore tend to funnel a sneaker towards low branches along the river bank. Watch out for a fairly large hole on river right about 100 yards down from the start of the rapid. The rapid then takes a sharp left turn and drops into a nice wave train.