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Does anyone know of a site that has a map of the Pigeon, showing the rapids' names...upper and lower? I have "googled" my eyeballs out and i've found nothing! Thanks!

http://www.americanwhitewater.org/conte ... l/id/1108/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thank you, but i'm looking for something along the lines of this.

I'm not sure what part of the river this is...i'm gonna take a wild guess and say it's the lower! I'm not at all familiar with the Pigeon. I've seen lots of pics and know some rapids, but none of the ones i know are on this map.

Thanks again!

If you do the run below the dam, there's only one serious rapid... Lost Guide Rapid, a Class 2 plus if you're in the right spot. The run for that is far right & BETWEEN the boulders, not right of them... that right side gets really, really bony over there!!

Thanks Crane!

kingpin wrote:I'm not sure what part of the river this is...i'm gonna take a wild guess and say it's the lower! I'm not at all familiar with the Pigeon. I've seen lots of pics and know some rapids, but none of the ones i know are on this map.

Thanks again!

I think you're right. I don't see any of the major rapids that are just downstream of the dam listed. here's my list from a couple of years ago (top to bottom):

powerhouse, full of water, razor rock, after shave, vegematic, tiltawhirl, snapdragon, rollercoaster, playground, lost guide, rooster tail, duck&run, microwaves, double reaction, superglue, accelerator, rock&roll, thread the needle.

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I've been taking merc raft trips down it lately for extra cash. First ones power house... um there also lost guide, its the one of the few class 3's, then double reactionary with two reactionary waves... and I just make up the rest... chop souey... baby grinder... spanke's awesome rapid. Just whatever comes to mind. These are all the "upper pigeon" not really meaning the upper because thats rain dependent supposably sick creeking. By upper pigeon they mean its not the lower pigeon, which has one rapid maytag. I wouldn't recomend the lower. there was a lady that got worked in the hydrolic then brought back to life with cpr, her daughter body pinned the bridge pylon and she was throwing up blood (they were tubing). The manager of R.I.T.S. told me that they had a raft go through maytag hole and a piece of rebar go through the front of their boat and all the way to the back, but I don't know if thats true. Hope this helps.

Has anyone run Big Creek over there? Looks pretty fun

I have ran Big Creek several times. Its a great run if you have the skills to do it. Its extremely continuous and the upper section features non-stop class IV-V with one continuous rapid feeding into another. Action Alley in the upper reaches looks like its falling off the side of a mountain. If they get a few inches of rain, you will find me there! Fire it up!

Thanks for the info everyone!