The Big Thompson has been running at a near perfect level for the past few days. I believe this has something to do with maintenance on the Colorado-Big Thompson project. Whatever the reason, the paddling is pretty damn good for November. The top 1/2 mile of this creek is full on. The top two drops look pretty terrible to me, so I decided to put in above the final big drop in the "Sluff Section". This drop probably wasn't the best warm-up rapid after a month out of my creekboat.
Me warming up.
Day 2- better:
And this rapid from above.
The Class IV section below the mank is good fun. The crux comes about a mile in. There are two options here: 1) a cool sliding diagonal move off the center boulder, or 2) a high speed piton into a pile of sharp rocks.
Carter wisely chooses option #1.
Below the crux is more pushy, fast whitewater that feels alot bigger than it looks from above.
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