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Just watched this video. Now videos never do a river justice, and I usually x15 on videos, but it looks manageable I wonder what another 620cfs does to that run. I usually like to run something at a normal flow before running it higher, but with good beta, and a good crew that knows it at that flow I may be down to checking it out. It has been on my list for a while, and that style of whitewater is what I live for. Anyone got beta? What are the holes like. Are they reasonably avoidable? What are the geology hazards? Sieves? Undercuts? What is the scouting/ portaging potential for the major rapids? Gore is high on my list, and higher water gore is even higher on my list, but I have a huge respect for river running, and am not a checklist boater. If it is one of those runs that gets nasty at this level I would rather opt out. If it is a run that you are practicing hole avoidance, and punching holes with nothing to terminal I would be down to checking it out. From the video(and editing could play a part in this) the rapids do not look as long as the rapids on the NF, and looks like there may be a little extra recovery than I am used to. I am not a high water North Forker. I have ran most of it around 2500 cfs, and everything, but Jakes at 1800. Current flow is 1800, and I have a month of recent runs down the North Fork at 1800, and a few at 2100 this year. With that said I am comfortable in bigger water just haven't caught that one big yet. https://vimeo.com/95762602