Went through it three times in the past ten days.  Easy to paddle down; it always has been in my experience.  Paddling "up" can be another matter.  Looks do-able now & I've seen it done a few times.  The take-out on Russell sucks so it is tempting to run up the rapid.  However, during a very cold May in 1996, my brother & I fished out a couple guys whose canoe overturned (during Spring flood) attempting the same thing.  Talk about blue skin!  It was a very dangerous situation.

Anyway, I'd eyeball it for water level and take a stab at running up it... if you have the horsepower in the canoe.  Then, again, I'm the same guy who flipped a fully-laden canoe doing the same doggone thing one week ago....

Jimbo   8-)