What is the lowest level for the Cossatot?

[weirdwillie]

I am hoping to run the Cossatot on Friday with two of my boys. What is the lowest runnable level based on the USGS Vandervoort gauge? If we get a big plug of rain, what is the highest safe level (assuming kayakers with good boat control and rolls)?

[painterbob]

3.0 low and 5.5 high http://www.ozarkpages.com/cgi-bin/stages.pl?ST=level" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[hdh]

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[panicman]

Me personaly it would be 3.2 and a nice day on the low end.

Up to mid 4's there is plenty of padding and not to much push except if you run bmf and swim much better chance of swimming thru the machine in the mid 4's.

[Shep]

Below 3.5', the falls gets extremely tight and technical. One 8' wide channel suddenly becomes 2 3' wide channels with required turns or side slips as the guard rocks get exposed. I paddled it at 3.25, and I would have enjoyed doing laps to figure out the perfect series of moves had it not been 27 degrees out.

Hope this helps,
Shep