The Fingers

Also known as the Streamers.  Five slots that can look alike from above, with serious consequences for choosing the wrong one. From river left to right, they are:

Twist and Shout (the Thumb) (Class 5.3) - A narrow, twisty drop with high piton potential. ugly and rarely run, but way better than Subway!.

Subway (6/NR) - A steep double drop with a sieve at the top and a cave at the bottom. This drop has been run accidentally a couple times but has killed two swimmers. Most recently an elite female paddle drowned here in 2013: http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Accident/detail/accidentid/3743/  It also  Took the life of an experienced class V kayaker in 2004 who swam into it.  Avoid at all costs. swimming into it is 100% fatal. safer lines are to the right.

The Middle Finger (Class 5.0) - this is the standard line. Pretty straight forward 20' drop but the entrance is only a couple feet from Subway. Calm green water leads into a 4' diameter slot. angle straight.  you slide down  8 feet then lefty boof  about 12' 

The Ring Finger aka Flatliner (Class 5.1) - Shallow landing zone. rocks underneath and to the right. Higher water line. Run out of the eddy just left of center boofing off the nub.  Miss the boof and you’re [censored]. A well known boater ran it too low, broke ribs and ruptured his spleen here. Google: epic fail

The Pinky Finger aka Angel Hair (Class 5.2) - Tricky entrance (angel slot or ferry in). Lands in a boily cauldron between a sheer rock wall and an undercut boulder. If you swim in the pocket, there's a small underwater ledge against the Flake that you can stand on while awaing a rope and figuring out your next move.

Make SURE you know which slot to take. there are no arrows painted on the rocks and the wrong choice at the wrong level could be fatal.