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Description

This is the first real ass kicker with big holes. It is one of the longest rapids on the river and the rapid most cluttered with boulders and holes. This also makes it one of the more dangerous rapids to swim. Boaters must make multiple manuvers throughout the rapid and be prepared to take corrective action when things don't go as planned. You can scout from either river right or river left. The river right scout gives you a higher vantage point to look down on the rapid and gives you a better view of all the lines. The river left scout is down at river level and closer to the rapid giving you a close up view of the left lines (which tend ot be in as flows increase), but it is harder to see the right lines.

Most boaters enter the rapid center right then work left to avoid the biggest holes. A left line is also often an option as long as the flows are high enough.

Hance Rapid (8)

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Other Rapids on This Run (20)

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