Archive for the ‘Creeks’ Category

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Aug 31 2010

Coquhihalla Canyon and Hayes Creek Video

Some video we shot this spring on what we are pretty sure was the first descent by a raft of the Coquihalla Canyon below Othello Tunnels into Hope. If you haven’t checked this run out it’s scenic and well worth it. Here is the trip report and pictures from the trip. Also some video from [...]

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Jul 15 2010

Tamihi Creek

Tamihi Creek is the crown jewel of the Chilliwack River Valley.  It has two main sections on it, the Lower Canyon which is mostly class 4 with some optional 4+, and the Upper run which is a solid 4+ or 5 with lots of water. Accessing Tamihi Creek along with many other classics up the Chilliwack River [...]

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Playboating

Jun 17 2010

Alberta Road Trip May 2010

This year May ended for me with a road trip through the Rockies and into Alberta to do a little work and a little boating. Between playing delivery driver and rep for Clipper Canoes at The Valhala Red Deer demo I managed to hook up with local boaters Patch Bennet and Jeff Germaine. The weather in [...]

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Laura fending off the scary locals

Jun 15 2010

May Long Weekend 2010: Day 3

After a great run on the Ashnola we packed up camp and headed back towards Princeton to try and bag what we thought was a first descent of Hayes Creek. I’ve had my eye on Hayes Creek for over 2 years ever since I camped out at the bottom of it on an earlier trip to the Similkameen [...]

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boz not quite getting the boof right

Mar 23 2010

Meanwhile, 18000 kilometres away…

Normally March in Victoria (Australia, not the Island) means hot weather and many beach missions while we wait, anticipating imminent departure toward Canada for another season of creeking. After driving an 11000km loop in search of whitewater and waves (kayakthekimberley.com) we returned home to find 1 in 100 year storms had devastated the state and [...]

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