(Right Channel) The Trolls

At moderate and higher flows, it is STRONGLY recommended to scout this area before putting on anywhere above (especially if you are thinking of skipping the left-channel features to just come down this right channel). While there are routes at virtually all runnable flows, you should have a good 'visual' on this to know where you want (and don't want) to be!

The (southern-more) Elm Street road bridge has three bridge piers, creating four 'tunnels', each of which has (potentially) playble features that I like to call The Four Trolls:

'FatheR' Troll/FRumpy (Far-Right) - a well-defined (more abrupt) ledge, hidden well back under the bridge. At 'two-gates', this is a great surf and flat-spin spot.

'MotheR' Troll(Middle-Right)/GRumpy (Center-Right) - somewhat less of a ledge, creating a hole which may be playable at some flows. (You know one of them has to be the 'grumpy' old troll!)

'Teenage(r) Troll'/CLumpy (Center-Left) - this ledge/hole has a decidedly mercurial nature. Most of the time, it looks rather surly/gnarly, but looks can be deceiving. I have had some fine rides in here at some flows, but more often ... you're likely better off just leaving it alone!

'Baby Troll'/Lumpy (Leftmost) - flat/unsurfable at low flows (one gate), becomes a smooth surfable wave at moderate flows (two gates), and a fast wave (better for longer hulls) at higher flows. At four gates and higher, this may be the only reasonable route, avoiding the other options. (From any of the other choices, it would be hard to avoid a total disaster of going into the Uniform Gnarly Hydraulic downstream.)

(OK, I'll be the first to admit the names are really stupid/corny, but I needed something to differentiate the features, and this was what I came up with.)

There are adequate eddies across the whole river (again, at 'two-gates', plus or minus) to allow repeat play at each wave that you find workable, as well as allowing play across all four of these waves (as long as you are aggressive, in control, and upright)!

Utmost caution is urged (especially at two-gates and higher) because of what lies downstream (as will be described below).