| Class: | III-IV+ (V) |  | |
| Flow: | 20-30cms | ||
| Length: | 3.7 km | ||
| Time: | 1-1.5 hours | ||
| Portages: | wood | ||
| Gradient: | 32 meters/km (150 ft/mi)(2.8%) | ||
| Season: | Spring and Early Summer | ||
| Put-In: | Where the road meets the river after the big hill 3km north of the Rees Creek confluence. | ||
| Take-Out: | Bottom of the big hill (just before the Rees Creek confluence). | ||
| 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 a short run with quite a long drive around Comox lake to get there. But it’s worth doing at least once. The first km is generally easy warm-up stuff, with all the big drops packed into a short section in the middle. The first major drop is tight diagonal pinch between boulders that usually requires portage due to wood. Other memorable drops include a 6-8 foot ledge followed quickly by about a 10 foot constricted ’spout’ between river left and a house-sized boulder. Probably the most fun drop on the run is immediately below this and consists of a Z-type movement between boulders over rather sticky ledges. For the last km, things tone down to class II-III again. The put-in and take-out are conveniently roadside.