Rainbow Falls

Rainbow Falls (~45', sliding): One of the most beautiful and ugly, bizarre and intimidating falls in the Upper Peninsula. Take a dome of rock, then imagine taking a drill press to cut a vertical shaft out of one side of the dome. Water pours in, pounds and swirls around furiously before spewing out over a short drop into the pool below. The left side (where water sheets over shallow conglomerate) drops toward a wall, then is diverted to the right over the dome, clear of the vertical shaft, and plunges into the pool below. Again, this has been run, but most will enjoy the esthetics as they portage, usually on the left, where there is a viewing deck, and access to the river below is easier. However, to really appreciate the full beauty (and 'ugliness') of this falls, take out well above the falls on the right. Hike down a path to viewing areas above and downstream of the falls, then get back in your boat to ferry across to the left shore for the easier portage. (Access to the river on river-right below the falls is possible, but can be difficult.)
A brief, generally flatwater paddle leads to the harbor in the park at the mouth of the river.