Yampa this week

[sj]

Put on wed should be around 12k. have only done it at low water. Any feed back would be cool. sj

[sward]

Steve,
Thought I hit it a few years ago at high water (13K sounds right). Big surf waves and whirlpool canyon is sweet. I think Matt C. swam through Maytag 2x.
Once, he couldn't roll his kayak. The second he volunteered to go down tandem in a duckie, because someone was too scared. The copilot bailed in the entrance and Matt ran it solo thru the meat. He was like a magnet.

Steve.

[asleep.at.the.oars]

Because of the way the rock strata lay (if you don't have it, the Dinosaur geology river guide is a good read), pretty much all of the big rapids are the same: start centered and pull a downstream ferry to the right through the lateral to avoid the big hole further down on the left. Little Joe and Five Springs might be exceptions - I don't remember a particular run through them. Tepee has a long (>1/2 mile) run out of wave trains / boogie water that makes clean up tough if someone flips. The scout at that rapid is at the camp, kind of a long ways above the rapid. The scout beach at Warm Springs doesn't have the greatest eddy, so be a little on your toes as you're landing. Also watch out for Surprise hole river right just around the corner below Warm Springs (although on second thought at these flows it might actually be just a wave). Split picks up too, you can make the last 8 miles in <1 hour if you run right through.

Make sure you're planning on hiking a lot, the river cranks right along at those flows giving lots of camp time.

[sj]

Thanks guys I am gonna be the only kayak. So i got to get it on the fly. looks like the hiking shoes will get a work out. sj