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Rapid ID Class III+

Go Left or You're Fired

Payette - 1. Banks to Beehive Bend (ID)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Payette River near Horseshoe Bend ID Downstream Primary

Runnable: 800.0 – 12,000.0 CFS

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

This is the first major rapid on this section. As the name implies, you want to stay on the left tongue and avoid the big hole center. Hardshell kayaks can try multiple lines, such as going right, on a more rocky class 4-ish line.