The Middle Moose Whitewater Run

The Middle Moose river is the baby brother to the Lower Moose springtime run. This run is a class two section and can be very enjoyable for the novice and expert alike. We tend to run this section in self guided kayaks called Duckies. There are one man duckies and two man duckies. One man duckies or "singles" are awesome, they are maneuverable light and very stable. The "double" duckies are a little bit more cumbersome we have nicknamed them divorce duckies.

I was on a Middle Moose trip last week and it made me remember all of the great times I have had on that River. Being in self guided boats, gusts often get stuck, flip over, swim, and even though it is a low class whitewater it is shallow and fast moving. The rescue scenarios on this River are always different, very involved and can be dangerous...well not that dangerous but bad none the less.

This past week we had a trip with a young family of four. The mother and 6yr old daughter in one double and the father and 7yr old son in the other. The level was 2.7 which is not too low but it still provides plenty of rocks to get stuck on. As with many trips involving young kids, the daughter started to cry because her mom was a crappy paddler and they hit too many rocks. She was scared so Lynn traded with the mother and they had more fun. There was a really nice husky on the side of the river and he followed me down for about half the trip. I wanted to keep it if it followed us the whole way but he got tired of us. I hope he found his owner.

The highest water I have ever seen the middle moose was like 9.5. I don't remember the exact date but it was the first time I wore a dry suit on the River. It was a fun trip. John and Jon were there. John eddy yelled at Jon Jost, he missed the best hole in the river...the one on the bottom right of the wall. so we paddled back into it and surfed the crap out of it...the other two fell out I stayed in and it was fun as heck.