East Fork Carson R. , fun expedition run above 900 cfs, camp at hot springs. Lee's Ferry , the Grand Canyon put-in, always runnable below 50,000 cfs. The rivers in the former Soviet Republics are all great rivers, but in the plains they are long and wide, with limited rapids. You must go inland to the mountainous regions where there are so many great whitewater rivers. But to run such rivers is very difficult.
Rivers are often remote and difficult to get equipment and people into.
Because of this, the trips must be run as expedition class IV-VI trips which are typically very lengthy. Why because . And it is here where you will find their stories . . .