4.3-4.4ft

clay's revenge was alright for me, had to get it dialed in. md chute was fine. 1st above md was easy. second was another that was easy when you went up the right way, hard if you took alternate line. center elevator was open, va slot was getting to its fun level where its boily.

4.6ish

From Hector the protector, sassyJ, and fern the concern. John's folly @ va was doable as well as md chute. no to wetbottom for them.

4.8 and falling

Jenn Sass is referring to it as clay's revenge, I'd say the move at the corner chute was hard to set up for, but once in the perfect spot it was easy. I was only 2/15. Good speed, good angle, good boat lean, good strokes. The md chute was somewhat easy, the ferry over was the critical part. The takeoff is boily and surgy and the wave or the hole is not a clean move, but theres room for error. Most people just give up too soon on their ferry and look at the little pourover and stop. Above Md chute, the 1st attain seemed easy to me i just went up it, but maybe john or kristin can explain the move to that one. the second was not happening in plastic, had to go around to the DC channel.
On the VA side, the slot was getting more boily and surgy but it is still the fairly standard move, you can bounce over from eddy to eddy or just kinda move straight up the boily crease. There's also the va-vachute, which for me just required a good angle leaving the eddy and some strong smooth long strokes, similar feel to the first...and john thought we'd have trouble finding things to do!

4.1 and steady

The Md chute was difficult but doable. I had luck going up to the eddy next to the rock, ferrying out pretty far then paddling up slightly right, then hard right. I saw Peter do it and it looked like he just went straight up. Wetbottom seemed harder at 4.1 then the other day at 4.2. Definitely used more of the 1st eddy at 4.1 and that was the key move. where at 4.2 it seemed that getting some momentum in the 1st eddy (a boat length of so) to ferry over to the 2nd was more important.. Certainly at 4.1, being patient in the 1st eddy was key and if you had a decent ferry high up to the second the rest was cake. More of a visualize the move/technique and it was easy.

4.12 and falling

Chute below Md was pretty easy. Md Chute itself was difficult. I found better luck going way out, paddling up hard with right angle, then you can easily make a hard right.

4.22 and falling

Made it up various spots fairly easily. Below Md was moderate. Md chute was fairly easy, but needed work to find the slow water and good strokes up. Wetbottom , we used the first staging eddy a boatlength or so, the ferried over to the second and that was definitely a good workout...moderate. Backchannel was a little tougher than lower, but made it up to the main attain easily. no luck getting up the last slot.

Angler's to above the Chutes: 5.01 and dropping

This was with the Cheat race training group on 3/12 --- everyone in plastic. One group attained up the gorge...but I was with the other group and have no details on the up-river attains for this night.

• Back Channel to below Maryland Chute: Easy
• Maryland Chute: Tricky aggressive ferry from attainer's left (below the hole) over to attainer's right...easy up from there.
• Ledge on attainer's right above Maryland Chute: Tough...if you can't make it, try the ferry all the way across to the Virginia side...some moderately tough spots, but definitely an alternative
• Virginia Chute (slot): Boily, but easy-to-moderate...if you have a tough time above the slot, try a ferry or two back and forth to make the rest of the attain

Center Chute (Upper Ledge - left) did not look possible. I looked at Center Chute (attainer's right), but didn't go close enough to make a real judgment --- looked pretty tough.

5.73 -back channel attain (anglers)

Dead Cow area attainments.
Attain to below Md Chute (side channel) easy, ferry above dead cow- easy, small channel to above md chute --easy, and all the way up back channel to main potomac was possible but a little weird alone- medium because of trees.

Anglers to Wet Bottom: 4.08

Part of Cheat training on 3/5...everyone in plastic

• Slot below MD Chute: relatively easy with boat control
• MD Chute (attainer's right): Could be, but not this night
• Center Chute (attainer's right): Clay powered up
• Center Chute (upper): Perfect elevator...if you get in the right place
• VA Chute (slot): Boily, but pretty easy --- watch your edges
• Gorge: Steady paddling on both sides
• Wet Bottom: Start the ferry a little bit lower than usual, the first eddy is still the way to go, ferry available on both sides of the center rock

Wish list: Would like to have tried the Back Channel attain to Sandy Beach, but we ran out of light

idea

this seems like the easiest way to refine this list. i'd like us to be able to go out, attain something at a certain level, come back here and make a post, and update the list if its outside the levels i have already...or if theres something new like jason/graysons backchannel. then someday some of the wildwater/slalom boaters can laugh at us and tell us how pathetic we are.

Attains and Levels

VA Chute
Attainers Right -2.7-3.7
Attainers Left 3.8
Va Slot
3.7-5.0ft)
Va Bankside Left (Clay-tainment or John's Folly)
4.6-4.8

Md Chute
Attainers Right 4.1-5.2
Attainers Left
Lows threes close in slalom boat.
Promising at 3.7-3.9ft.

Slot Below Md (Clay's Revenge)
3.8-4.8ft

2 Attains above MD chute (below or at DC channel)
1st- 4.3 -5ft possible
2nd- 4.8 -5ft. around dead cow channel. 4.3-4.4 was fine.
Probably trivial any lower or covered much higher, so the upper 4's are good times to try.


Rocky
Md Side
2.8-3
Va Side
2.6-3.5 3.6-3.7 looks doable with work. Maybe even 3.8. Haven't tried consistently

Backchannel/sweetiepie. 4.0-4.2
Eddy hop your way up to the fun diagonal hole below the main drop. The wave you surf across is small but doesnt particularly look pleasant. Its really an easy surf on a low brace and you pop up in the eddy.
4.22 for the main drop was too difficult for me, easy enough to get to.

Sturn Lower Sturn - Up to 3.3ft (some people got up I didn't get to try)
Upper Sturn Up to 3.3ft (some people got up I didnt get to try)

Portage Rapid=- Staging Eddy _ John
Entire Rapid- JS say 4.1

Wetbottom
2.5-4.3
>4.3 difficult to mindnumbingly difficult as level increases.
Specific notes
4.22 wasn't too bad- used both eddies, first one only briefly. lots of work
4.1ft not bad- first eddy to top then second was easy.
There's a level at some point below 4.3 that is hard, and i dont know if we've documented it yet.


Wetbottom Va Side- 4.4 Surges


Backchannel/dead cow
Options: Back channel, back channel of the back channel, side chute to below md chute, ferry above dead cow, chute to above md chute, attain top of backchannel.
~6ft backchannel to main opens-
5.73 all were open
5ft- BC to below md chute- easy
At 5.8ft, attain up backchannel, exit above md chute, ferry over to Va island and attain up va side for as long as you can, when you can't go further try Md side...then quit

Center Chute Attains
~3.7 4.1 ft Up Right Side
3 to 4.5ft Standard Elevator
3.3-3.5 Right Side up Center

Odeck etal- I have never tried

Offut- 4's to 5 attainable in playboats.
theres left and right side of offut channel, and around the island.
@5.1ft The standard playboat attain was easy. Attainers left and any way up the rest of the channel. Couldn't make it around the island

Carderock to Anglers (and beyond)-
At 3.35ft the attain was pretty easy, certain parts were quite shallow, any lower wouldnt be very fun. Yellow falls, middle, looked possible at this level, but didnt try. Mostly flatwater from offut to anglers. We think high 3's to 4s would be a good level to try this again.
4.8ft- Carderock to Anglers- attainers right at the start, effort but not too bad. Micro-eddy hopping for a while and a ferry over to Va side and work up the shore to Anglers.
4.1ft- easier than 4.8ft but getting a little shallow. more difficult to find a way up stubblefield.

Varies between slalom boat and plastic
If its not listed may mean I havent tried it yet or forgotten, not that its impossible.
I also could be mistaken