FWIW, we just did an OC run, taking out at the end of Sept. When we
were scouting Lava a commercial trip came through and one of the
guides took the time to walk up stream to ask us not to let anyone in
our group run the left side of Lava. He said hundreds of people swim
the right side every year and don't get hurt. We all ran the right
side and no one had any problems. The right side looks (way!) worse
than it is.

Dave Manby wrote in message ...
Anywhere you like at Crystal it has gone and is not a problem anymore.
I rowed my raft through the middle last Oct just for the hell of it


In message , Charles Pezeshki
writes
in article , riverman at wrote
on 10/26/04 3:35 AM:

If you have some free time in Flagstaff, contact Garrett Schniewind at
Canyon Explorations. He's OCed it many times, and can give you lots of
input. In general, though, stay left.

Left at Crystal (Slate Creek run)
Left at Lava
Left at Hermit, Hance and Grapevine
Left at Badger, Soap Creek
Left at Dubendorff....

Weird how that happens, eh?

--riverman

Hi Myron,

Don't think that left at Crystal advice is very good. Crystal is a very
easy boulder garden down the right.

Best,

Chuck
http://www.wildcountry.info