The NF Canyon can be run below 3200 cfs on the Somes Bar gauge but becomes increasingly technical and rocky. Above 5500 cfs, the run gets pushier but pads out
This rapid is easily identified by the house-size boulder in the middle of the river at the very top. The front of this rock is undercut and sometimes holds wood, but it is easily avoided. After passing the giant boulder, the rapid consists of a boulder garden that is usually run from left to center to right at the bottom. It is named for the family that homesteaded this site and lived on a mining claim here; the house foundation and orchard still exist along the unsigned river access road here. Also called Big Rock.
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IV
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III
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III+
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III
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III+