Stookesberry’s Top 10- Best Big Water on the planet

 

 Disclaimer – This could be a very contentious subject because that little creek in your back yard could make an epic 3 meter wave with the right 100 year flood conditions.  So let me apply some criteria to help narrow down the nearly ubiquitous potential for big voluminous flow to just a few select rivers, or 10 to be exact.  First I tried to think about rivers that would still be considered big water even at there lower flows. So I am sad to say that pretty much eliminates everything in the Continental US short of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.  But unfortunately both it and and Cataract canyon fail to make my list do to a lack of the truely massive rapids. Thus the order of Ranking itself is really based on big runnable rapids even though many times I may actually portage those rapids.  As many of you are well aware I also don’t mind big heinous portages.  But for the sake of kayaking purity, I have used that as a detractor here instead of an attribute.  As always I appreciate your comments and amendments  to my top 10 lists especially when it is an ...more