British Columbia White Water

The first drop of Triple Drop on the Upper Gordon has an extremely dangerous log in the left (normal) line. This one is especially insidious because it’s virtually impossible to see from river level (boat scouting) and the drop appears clean from the river-left setup eddy; but looking from either bank or from the ‘boof’ rocks in the middle you can see it. It’s right at gut level and is pretty much the perfect death trap. Should be OK at higher flows, but at medium and lower flows this one is real bad. The rest of the Upper and Middle are clean, with the exception of some branches hanging over the entrance to the river left (normal) line on double-drop.

The pictures of our trip down Clendinning Creek near Whistler are online now.
Go to “River Gallery”, then “BC Mainland”, then “Clendinning Creek”. Easy.
Enjoy, Jan

OK, I have not been very good at updating this lately. Anyways, here is the slideshow that I gave at the Puntledge River Fest about our trip to the Moyeha River. The Moyeha River constitutes the last unlogged watershed on Vancouver Island and is a truly amazing place. The trip took Jakub, Shayne and myself through the alpine and ancient rainforests. We crossed the watershed from the Bedwell River trailhead to Herbert Inlet. There we got a boat pick up from Shaynes dad (he is 72!) to Tofino. The wind was blowing at 25 miles which made for a wild ride back to Tofino.

Thanks especially to Shayne to organise the shuttle…you did an awesome job.

Find the pictures in the River Gallery under Moyeha River.

Where: The race will be held on the Puntledge River (Comox area), Vancouver Island.

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PICTURES

The first Vancouver Island Creek Race was a lot of fun for everyone involved. The whole competition went really smooth and safe. A big thank-you goes to those racers that slowed down for safety or swimmers and assisted in their rescue. Especially Conor MacKenzie and Jakub Drnec stopped their races to assist other paddlers. (more…)