Falls Island is only Accessible by a bridge that goes directly over the falls, it is composed of several cascades falling through a narrow gorge.

The wonder of these falls is that one can get so close to them.

The falls are best in medium to high water for kayaking.

The water level right now in these images is relativly high.

Looking for a good look-out point to capture the kayak competition on camera.

Two hawks standing on Rocky Island.

The man in the orange vest is a park Ranger, he's looking over the event down below.

A rather large turnout of spectators came to watch the event.

Spectators watching the action that is happening down below.

To get better shots of the competition we had to climb down the perilous rocks.

One of the Festival's most dramatic and dazzling events, this downriver race is a quick, adrenaline-packed descent of 60 vertical feet through class 5+ Great Falls.

A race run can take anywhere from 50 seconds to 3 minutes, depending on the route, and will include demanding individual drops up to 24 vertical feet.

One competitor watching another doing the run.

Here is the RACE FORMAT:

The race is made up of individual timed runs, followed by head-to-head elimination heats for the top 9 men and top 3 women.

Racers go in bib order during the timed runs.