| Class: | II-III(VI) |  | |
| Flow: | Cruickshank>30 cms | ||
| Length: | 4.23 km | ||
| Time: | 2-3 hours | ||
| Portages: | multiple | ||
| Gradient: | 14.2 metres/km (68 ft/mi) (1.3%) | ||
| Season: | Early Summer | ||
| Put-In: | As far up the Comox main as you can get (dead-ends at a larger tributary creek) | ||
| Take-Out: | When the creek flattens and is close to the road. | ||
| Link: | Online Gauge | ||
| Link: | Google Directions to Put-In | ||
| Link: | Map Quest | ||
| River Daddy/Mom: | StephenH |
Interactive map:
Map script: techrageo
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Run description:
This is one of those descriptions who’s primary purpose is to ease curiosity and thus prevent other intrepid boaters from wasting valuable paddling time. If for some reason you believe this description to be a ploy aimed at protecting some ‘jewel’ from over-crowding, think again. This run really does suck (feel free to verify though; just remember that I told you so). The first real drop is about a 2-3 metre diagonal ledge that falls right into the river right wall. Higher water might make it runnable, but who cares. The next drop a hundred metres or so downstream contains virtualy all the gradient. As you round a left corner, an eddyless shoot leads immediately to a 50 foot freefall into a punchbowl. Sounds appealing, right? Unfortunately, the canyon is completely blocked by a MASSIVE logjam, and the slippery, smooth, wet, vertical walls make a portage around the logs virtually impossible. After a nice long hike around the first (and only) canyon, the rest of the run is class II-III with dozens of annoying logjams and general BC bushwhacking. The only neat thing about the run is that about 300 metres into the canyon portage you can walk up a smooth wooded slope to the rim of the canyon and easily spit across to the other side.