Labyrinth

This rapid lies just below the outflow to Dragon's Tooth. It is a pool drop section over ledge drops with several large "and sticky" holes. This section is often flooded by the Bear Swamp Pump storage pool. There is no rhyme or reason to when or if this lower rapid would be flooded on any particular release day other than the price of electrical power. (The Bear Swamp Project is owned by a different utility and not regulated by any license or rules related to boating or fishing. The storage pool is filled when power is cheap and emptyed when the prices goes up.)

When the pool is high rapids will end at the bottom of Dragon's Tooth. If the Bear Swamp pump storage pool is low rapids will diminish about 0.1 miles above the take out.

Terminator Hole in Labyrinth: Three-quarters of the way thru Labyrinth is the Terminator Hole, the largest in the rapid. It's a steep drop next to a huge rock.

The channel is narrow here, you must paddle or portage. Either side of the hole can be skirted. Skirting the right edge of the hole puts you into an eddy below the rock; skirting the left edge puts you up against a pinning rock garden; going thru the center of the hole is sure to provide plenty of entertainment for onlookers.

Labyrinth Bottom: Below Terminator is a set of pinning rocks on the left that sometimes catch rafts. Furthur down is a final set of waves with one nice surfing wave at the bottom. There are handy eddies on both sides.