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DESCRIPTION: This section, known to the local boaters as the Cascades, is user-friendly only for confident experts. Though not in the top echelon of hard-water runs, this 1-mile stretch will test anyone’s skills. After a brief 0.3-mile warmup, you come to the first Class V rapid. Horns of Gods is a two-stage drop of 16 feet. The upper drop has one obvious slot while the second ledge has a bit more margin for error. A short way downstream is the largest, most difficult rapid on this run. Big Kahunah has a total drop of 22 feet. The line is down the right, blasting off the 9-foot ledge to finish. Almost immediately downstream is Chinese Feet, the last major rapid. Chinese Feet (the name has to be blotter influenced) is best run by hammering into the eddy on the left at the top and then running the 8-foot slot to the left of the boulder that splits the river. From here to the bridge, there is a lot of interesting, though less significant, whitewater. The run can only be done after extended rainfall and generally has a window of two days at best. The road parallels the river on this section allowing for easy scouting, portaging, and aborted trips.