Big Drops

Also known as: The Big Drops, Big Drops Sequence

The three-rapid sequence — Big Drop 1, Big Drop 2 (Little Niagara), and Big Drop 3 (with Satan's Gut as the river-left pourover feature inside it) — that defines Cataract Canyon. Consecutive, scoutable, and the focal point of every Cataract trip. Runs Class IV through most of the runnable range; flood-stage flows above ~50,000 cfs push the sequence into Class V territory.