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Re: Does somone need to show me the lines on bruners or can i just scout myself boofles New
Date: Sep 05 2008, 6:40 GMT
From: scagrotto
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it's 2 or 3 places you don't want to be.
Obviously you don't want to end up under Dimple Rock, but it's pretty hard for a kayaker to get there. You can scout from the river right portage path, but I'd suggest just paddling a little past where the rafts stop on river left, and watching a few people go through. The lead in isn't even class 1 until you're within about 30 feet, and if you make a reasonable attempt to hit the eddy behind Pinball you'll be fine. Pinball is the rock just upstream and right of Dimple, so you want to drive right in the current, as you're drifting towards Dimple. The eddy is a bit squirrely, so a lot of people don't stay long, or just drive on through. There's not much of consequence after that.
After Bottle of Wine work left through the shoals to start from the big eddy on the left above Double Hydraulic. There are then a couple of eddies towards the center that are a good staging place to either stay right of both holes (the safe,easy, conservative line) or skim the right side of the first hole while heading left above the 2nd hole to another left eddy. From that eddy you can hit the 2nd hole and then enjoy the wave train. I understand that at lower levels the first hole is problematic because of a rock or two, more than being sticky. At higher levels it can definitely be sticky. I've been told that leaving the 2nd hole upside down offers another good chance to find a rock, but a dynamic ferry across/through it is my usual choice.
Rivers End is a mirror image of Dimple. The current passes right of Whale Rock, pillows against Wall Rock, and then spills left, over a pourover and Snaggletooth. Instead of an undercut, Wall Rock has Snaggletooth, just downstream of the pourover 3 feet left of Wall Rock. Drive left in the curent and catch the eddy behind Whale Rock, then stay a bit left through the wavetrain to avoid th two rocks in it. Screwing up above Wall Rock offers the chance to either whack yourself on Snaggletooth, or the slim chance of dropping between the pourover and Snaggletooth. Get close to the eddy upstream and left of Wall Rock, and the worst case scenario is thumping one of the rocks in the wavetrain. I found them both on my last run, and it was no big deal. YMMV, of course.
My biggest suggestion is to catch lots of eddies so that you can look at all the alternatives to the lines you run on your first trip. There's nothing wrong with taking the standard, conservative lines the first time, but there are a lot of options once you start to learn the river. If there's any way you can do two runs on consecutive days that's a faster way to get familiar with it than multiple runs with more time in between.
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