Undercut

Undercut Rapid (CL IV) lurks below to punish the overconfident and reward the skilled. Just off the right bank a large, rounded boulder marks the entrance to this exercise in heavy water. Passing this rock will reveal: 1-two successive riverwide1 ft ledges with holes that are anywhere from nicely surfable at reasonable flows to "honey where did the bus go" at high water. 2-A third, higher ledge with a powerful hole not to be messed with at any strong flow. 3-A center route to the to the right of said hole and through a break in said ledge or 4-A sweeping right route into another ledge drop and hole. All this sets you up for the finale, getting past the undercut rock at the bottom. This rock is undercut parallel to the rivers flow and thus does not trap debris or boats. Ending up under this rock may be humbling but it's not deadly. Severely complicating this endeavor is the major, chute wide hole just above the rock itself. Fortunately there is a sweet tongue on the right 5 ft of the drop that is easily lined up by staying on the right edge of the main flow and curving into the drop to avoid getting "shot" into the undercut. When the river's flow covers this last ledge all across the riverbed, paddlers may want to scout and run the left-tongue ferry below the hole and above the rock. It looks scary but it's really one of those "just drift with the right angle" kind of moves. The whirlpool run-out created by the 2 routes provides major squirt fun.