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Just curious...

The Shotover in NZ. You go though a freakin old mining tunnel in the dark at the end! Queenstown Whitewater Rafting | Adventure |Things to do|Go Orange NZ

 

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This question depends a great deal on flow and volume. Anything can be exceedingly gnarly if it's high.

I've guided a fair number of the marquee class V commercial runs in the US, and of those, Cherry Creek is the most technical and potentially dangerous by a longshot. Rapids and long, require a lot of maneuvering, and would be terrible swims if out of the boat; at least one drop (a portage) being potentially fatal.

Video I've seen of 6-Mile Creek makes it look fantastic! But nowhere near the challenge of other runs.

PFDIVA (great name): The Shotover is class IV. It's awesome and has it's own challenges. But it's not that difficult at normal flows. (I guided there.)

Internationally, I'd have to think the Zambezi (I've not run it), and the Futaleufu (I've run it) would be great challengers.

Here's a short video of a private trip on Cherry Creek last year. This is five minutes of about 90 minutes of whitewater footage I captured. Remember; everything is flatter on video.

It was the dark tunnel....whoa!

 

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It was the dark tunnel....whoa!

Great video! Love the music! Guess this East Coast gal needs to put Cherry Creek on her list!