Upper Snaketail Rapids

This 850-foot, 1st of 3, class-2, complex rapids is the most challenging of the set of 3 separate Snaketail rapids.  It can elevate to a class 3 run with higher flows.  Large trees have lodged across the top of the run in many years.  Scouting from the portage trail is recommended.  The 1,300-foot long portage (with picnic tables nearer the end)  is a well-established path on river-right.  The takeout is signed.  It is on private land but was provided by the owner for public use to prevent people from trying to portage on river-left, which went right through the owner’s camp then down over some nasty terrain. Please use the river-right portage trail with respect.