Yellow Bridge Rapids

The river passes under Barker Road where there had been an old iron bridge, painted yellow. The bridge has been replaced, but it lives on in the name of this rapid.

The drop begins with a twist to the right across a short, irregular sloping ledge, to an intermediate pool. From the pool, the river twists to the left as it drops over another ledge, then down the longest boulder garden rapids on the run before the take-out on the left bank. At high water, this is a real rip-snorting rapids which most beginner/novice boaters will take out above. For those who do run the drop, takeout is just around a right hand curve just as the action subsides.

Note: Please be considerate of posted private property around this drop. The home-owner (at river right) has generally been quite willing to grant permission to groups who ask before scouting, while reportedly getting varyingly irate at those who trespass without first getting consent.