By Lance Jones, Cowper Chadbourn, Greg Churan, Heath Day, Scott Hanshaw, Bryan Hughbanks, Mike Jacobs, Jeremy Kasouf, Nate Kline, Matt May, John McCoy, Jason Mellor, Mike Oglesby and Ray Skinner.

One more small eddy and through a 5-ft slot drop, eddy left. Boof center over the small hump into the next eddy on river right. Pin potential in the river right tongue beside the hump. Below this river right eddy is the 'Particle Separator'. Name has dual meaning. First, the rapid requires a 3-ft boof to the left over the broken ledge aiming for a boat wide slot on river left beside the 'separator' rock and over an 8-ft ledge at the bottom. Going right of the separator rock will take you into a nasty looking notch. Will probably flush though but it may be a bumpy ride. Second, it separates the boaters from the walkers (The portage is high and tough on either bank.

A couple eddys are available below the ledge before entering the 'Long Branch Saloon'. Majority of the flow funnels left toward a house size boulder. Enter the door to the left onto the tongue beside the pillow and get ready for a punch in the face from the hole at the bottom of the 10-ft drop. At high water this hole could become nasty as the creek is constricted between the large boulder on the left, the cliff on the right and water pouring straight down into the deep pool.

Out of the pool and work between some rocks and back to the right. Boof off the 5-ft ledge onto a sluice/slide. Follow the flume around the sharp left hand turn, avoid the left bank and eddy right. The main rapid is next.

The gorge ends in a bang with 'Freeride'. This rapid drops 45-50 ft over 100 yards. A long complex solid class V rapid starting with 3 boulder slot moves followed by a 5-ft boof into a small eddy on the left. There is no stopping after this eddy until the pool at the bottom. The creek turns sharply right over a cluttered 4-ft rock pile. Best line is middle to right, ride the bow high on the right bank as it turns back to the left. Negotiate a route through some trash rocks down the right side as the creek turns back to the left. Line up for an 8-ft boof onto a slide. Hit the boof right with left angle to avoid the right shelf rock and the hole and undercut wall on the left. Once on the slide, quick acceleration takes over to the final 10+ foot waterfall. Punch through the curler pushing you right on the approach to the waterfall. You want to be left to avoid the large boulder on the bottom right side of the pool.

Just around the corner from the pool is the East Fork Little Buffalo. The creek enters ~ 0.5 miles below Johnson's Falls so get ready for 4.5 miles of big water through the meat of the EFLB at flood! This is class IV+ big water with juicy holes, swirlies and crosscurrents.

Like other micro-volume creeks, meaningful ratings are difficult to establish on the accepted International scale. At lower levels, the creek will seem like a very technical Class III, with much rock bashing, scraping, and some portages. At higher levels, several rapids are solid Class V.