Poudre river report on April 25th, 2008

[skibuminwyo]

Montana, eh? You gonna be ready to run Big T with me? I'll give you verbals.

[caspermike]

Originally Posted by skibuminwyo

Montana, eh? You gonna be ready to run Big T with me? I'll give you verbals.

ahah you on big timber? yeah it will be some great snowboarding. im going to quit this shit job for the good stuff snowboarding all winter and boating all summer.

[skibuminwyo]

Huh wha? Big T, as in Big T creek? No snowboarding, homeslice, at least when the snowboarding is rolling, so is the creeking.

[Gary E]

Casper, enough about box elder. I have a reliable source saying that it's easy class 5.

Not too mention he said he paddled the drops with a 14" crack in his boat and sharp ended the entire day. Also I heard your stud crew self destructed and did some walking when there wasn't a probe for for you folks.

Don't go calling people "class 4 paddlers" when you're bragging about a soft 5 run. What the hell is a 5++++ creek cause it ain't box elder and if you think it is; I promise you don't want the upper west prong, yet alone road and ravens. Cause those runs are the real shit.

So enough about box elder. Props for getting it done, but stop the madness.

Gary

ps-TG you happy now? Coming your way this weekend

[skibuminwyo]

Thank you Gary.

[mankster]

casper,
I was wondering the same thing, what class V+ are you comparing this rating you gave it (boxelder)? Have you done a lot of V+? It seems like most class V+ I have seen pictures of, would have been real bad if they were probed blind. And is most of the run III-IV?
I am not trying to deny your first d. Keep killin it, that stuff is sweet.
Just trying to get a feel how people rate rapids when it gets to that level.


but back to the post at hand. When will the Poudre have water?

[GAtoCSU]

Originally Posted by mankster

but back to the post at hand. When will the Poudre have water?

I'm guessing 2 weeks. But, it's still fun. Come up to the Narrows tomorrow for a boofin' good time. I'll bring some beer.

As for rating rapids, no one uses this class 5+ bullshit. When I'm creeking, I prefer to use a decimal system. Class 5 is AW class 5 and then you get class 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 etc. Each step is a lot harder/stupider/more dangerous than the previous step. From what I could see in the pictures, I would go with a 5.1 rating for the big drop that some guy swam out of. The main reason behind this is that it's shallow, narrow, and tall enough to hurt you if you messed up.

Class 5: Supercollider @ 2 feet
Class 5.1: Fantasy Flight, Slideways, etc
Class 5.2: Meltdown, Cool world, Double Trouble, Big Boy, etc
Class 5.3: Doesn't exist on Big South at a sane level. But, out east I would give 40' 40' on the Toxaway, Mangler on Ravens Fork, etc

Class 5.2 is hard shit for sure. I wouldn't run Mangler or 40' 40' when I was on those runs.

[yetigonecrazy]

hey, good stuff! you gotta boat what ya can, man! if 70-some cfs is all youve got, make the most of it!

[LiquidGuy87]

The most intelligent thing I've ever heard you TYPE. Keep it up Kit.



How's that new IK doing? Heard it boofs real easy.

[GAtoCSU]

Class 5:



Class 5.1:




Class 5.2:



Class 5.3:

Can't find a picture of either drops. Basically any of the really big, really stupid, type shit.

Thanks to The Colorado Kayak Chronicle, www.coloradokayaking.com and Evan for the pictures.