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Rapid MT Class V

The Crack (aka The Slot)

Flathead, South Fork - 2. Mid Creek to Cedar Flats (Meadow Creek Gorge) (MT)

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Gauge Conditions

S F Flathead River ab Twin Creek near Hungry Horse MT Downstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

The river narrows to a 5' wide slot. Oz Hawksley published a photo of this feature labeling it The Crack, the crux rapid and impediment to rafts, in the 1965 Spring issue of the American Whitewater journal. More recently some refer to it as The Slot.