Zwick's Backender
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Gauge Conditions
Runnable: ? – ? CFS
Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
Zwick's Backender still boasts quite a sticky hydraulic, but the namesake backender hole has blown out. At the top, paddle over the wet dome rock, pointing left for the boof line or right for the sneak.
Starting from the eddy on river right, you should be able to see that the river left line drops into a sort of horseshoe ledge. If running the boof, you'll want to air on the righthand, downstream side of the horseshoe. Paddle in, start sliding, and wait for a sweet launch pad. If you miss your boof at med-high flows, be prepared for a beatdown.
Location
Interactive river map
Loads as you approach this section.
Other Rapids on This Run (20)
Rapid
N/A
Public Parking Spaces
Rapid
GRAF Put In Parking
Rapid
IV-
Bride of Frankenstein
Hazard
V
Frankenstein
Rapid
IV-
Mank after Frank
Rapid
III
Whale Tail
Rapid
V-
Boof or Consequences
Rapid
V
Turbo Squeeze
Rapid
V-
Go Left and Die
Rapid
III+
Zig-Zag Hallway
Hazard
V
Chief
Hazard
V+
Gorilla
Waterfall
IV
Scream Machine
Waterfall
IV
Nies' Pieces
Waterfall
IV
Power Slide
Waterfall
IV+
Rapid Transit
Rapid
IV
The Runout
Hazard
VI
Nutcracker
Waterfall
IV+
Groove Tube
Waterfall
VI
Sunshine Portage
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2. Big Hungry Creek to Fishtop Access
Green
IV-V(V+)
3.0 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
American Whitewater