Rafting through Split Mountain on Green River

I don't know why I never checked out this section of the river. What a great little daily stretch. So pretty and whitewater is nice. Nothing big, just some II/III-. Great for newbies and family floats.

We launched at 10:30 am at Rainbow Park and were at take out by 2:30pm. We stopped at a very cool sandy beach for some lunch.

No problems on the river, it was a bit rocky, but nothing like what I expected. The flow was around 3,800 cfs and I expected a lot more rocks.

Just after the launch:
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My kido is trying to swim behind the raft, the current was pretty strong, we were floating at 5.4 mph, I was quite surprised.
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Max was trying to swim across to the other boat, but got a little scared. Swimming a big whitewater river is scary because of the under tow and stronger current under neath. Kids usually panic, so I didn't want to push him and let him turn around.

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Just before the take out, we were all sad it was over that quick.
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The drive to the put in was about 3 hours 45 mins, easily can be done in one day.

Alex