Hey, all I can say is Superior! My spouse and I spent yesterday, Sunday 8-22-10, on the Higher South Fork of the Payette River rafting. We went on Cascade Raft Firms Canyon journey. What a Radical Raft Journey! You begin proper out having enjoyable on the category III and IV rapids and it continues for a lot of the day. Half method into the journey we stopped at a sizzling springs that down within the canyon subsequent to the river. It was humorous to watch the individuals go stand within the sizzling springs to heat up their ft. Not too lengthy earlier than lunch comes the thunderous Huge Falls a category V plus waterfall that drops 40 ft. It’s huge, it’s thunderous, and it roars down over the large rocks till you get to the underside. It comes full with a Huge Orange and Black Signal that claims “BIG FALLS PORTIDGE HERE”. We needed to take the rafts out and carry them across the falls. The day earlier than a non-public group tousled and 4 individuals went over the falls in a raft! One of many individuals was damage dangerous sufficient they needed to be Life Flighted to the hospital. Some Kayakers go over Huge Falls, however not one of the Industrial Raft Firms do. From the seems to be of it I’ll gladly stroll round Rafting Cooper Landing Alaska!
After Huge Falls again within the river, extra rapids, after which lunch. Lunch as Cascade Raft Company places it’s “A gourmand riverside lunch ready and served by your guides so you’ll be able to loosen up and re-fuel at noon.” I need to say it was an excellent lunch! It did really feel good to cease for a break. After lunch we have been again within the river once more and extra white water! You get to go over Little Falls, Shock, and considered one of my favourite, Trash Can! You go over Trash Can, row into the eddy and again into the rapids. If you row into the rapids it’ll suck the entrance of the raft down and typically increase the again of the raft up within the air a number of ft! Not solely that, however typically it throws individuals out of the raft. If you happen to fall out of the raft you get a Payette River Swim Membership Button! I acquired a button! It’s lots of enjoyable to do since you by no means know what will occur. The primary time we paddled into Trash Can the entrance of the raft go sucked beneath, the younger man in entrance of me got here flying again, hit me, and I fell out of the raft. I got here up beneath the raft, which I knew that would occur, so I simply pushed myself out from beneath raft to get away from the raft. The unusual half was I got here out from beneath the raft and about that point my face was planted within the water. I used to be up towards the raft and pushed once more to get away from the raft. I used to be slammed again towards the raft. I used to be attempting to determine why I couldn’t get away from the raft after which I noticed the information had maintain of my life jacket and was attempting to tug me within the raft. I simply relaxed and he pulled me proper in. That was type of a wierd expertise! Out of the 4 rafts that have been collectively 4 individuals acquired awarded the Payette River Swim Membership Button. We tried it 4 instances, stuffed the raft with water, and acquired fairly moist, however no-one else fell out.
After all of the enjoyable at Trash Can, it’s on down the river to Leaping Rock. Leaping Rock is fifteen ft or so excessive. You climb the rock on the bottom and soar into this huge deep gap. I acquired to video a bunch of them leaping.
That was just about the top of the journey. We loaded the rafts on the trailer and acquired on the bus that took us again to Cascade Raft Company the place we left our cars. If you happen to ever get the possibility to do that, it’s price it!