Rubble Field ("RF")

Novice paddlers may find this splishy-splash exciting, or a PITA at flows under 200 cfs (even worse under 100 cfs during droughts). Whitewater boaters may find minor play on a wave or two (perhaps better/best ~150-300 cfs).

Over 400 cfs, rocks are adequately covered to allow passage most anywhere. As levels drop, boats grunge-out on shallow rock. Anyone upside-down in a kayak or out of any boat will likely be bruised and battered by large rock rubble lining the riverbed.

If out of a boat in the river, if water is deep enough, float on you back, feet downstream. If it's too shallow to float or swim, crawl on hands and knees so you don't slip and fall (bashing knees/shins/wrists/hands/elbows)! Footing will be trecherous on slippery rocks in the water and on shore.

Know the dangers of foot entrapment! Do not stand in strong current when rocks are present! (Search+read: "whitewater foot entrapment")

NOTE: From a media article: "In 2013, Big Lake water levels hit their lowest in recorded history. But now, just four years later, they’re the highest they’ve been since 1997 – rising four feet in just that time." As a result, for about five years (from 2017 through about 2022), this final rubble field (and minor features it occasionally offered) was mostly swallowed up by the unusually high backwater of the lake. The lake level has now receded, and rubble field is back.