North Fork - Foxton/Arkansas - Brown's Canyon

The first day outside of the Denver area proved to be a fun run down the Foxton strech of the North Fork. It was a technical route with lots of traversing as we found our way through the upper rock garden. The middle stretch continted a fair amount of flat water before the the drops picked back up at the end. We found and awesome play hole towards the bottom in which Elliot and my bro Woody shredded. It was a fun stretch of river, and always fun to pladdle with some other companions so we appreciate Woody and Nate joining us for the trip. After spending the night outside Hartsel at Colin Medved's parents property, where we were completely spoiled, we ran Brown's Canyon of the Arkansas River. It was great having Colin alongside us in the river. He is an extremely knowledgable river guide and has lots of expereince on this section. Brown's was quite different from Clear Creek and Foxton with a much greater flow and bigger holes and wave trains. Elliot found good play throughout the river, and tackled the biggest hole head on. I found my favorite part to be the small rock jump about midway down the stretch. Once again it was great to have good company on the river, but we could have done with out all the commercial rafts. We later learned that this is the most commercialy rafted stretch of river in the world, and paddle fest only made matters more hectic. Our gear from Level 6 is sick. It is awsome to be able to lose the wetsuits and paddle dry. Headed towards Durango, stay tuned! Scott.