Virgin River--Lower Gorge

Big 10 raft

Photo by Mark Wilder

River: Virgin River
Segment: Lower Gorge--Big 10 rapid
Flow: 2,500 cfs
Date: May 1998
Class: IV
Paddlers: Ron "The Steck" Steck at the oars, Brent Gillis
Description: Steck takes the classic left line through Big 10, narrowly missing the hound's tooth rock on the left shore (covered, to river left of the raft). Afternoon runs on this part of the river are never in sunshine.