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Title: Quebec river trip May 25, 26, 27
Post by: Joan on May 08, 2012, 08:18:03 PM: I'm thinking about a three-river adventure: The Upper Tourilli (Friday 25th), The Batiscan (le Portes de L'Enfer)(Saturday 26th), and the Jeanotte (Sunday 27th). These rivers are between Trois Rivieres and QC. It's quite a bit of driving, so I'm thinking about leaving on Thursday afternoon. The river levels look good right now, we'd have to keep an eye on them.

The Tourilli: http://www.quebecwhitewater.com/en/river-level?task=view&id=13
The Batiscan: http://www.quebecwhitewater.com/en/river-level?task=view&id=55
the Jeanotte: http://www.quebecwhitewater.com/en/river-level?task=view&id=149

Joan
Title: Re: Quebec river trip May 25, 26, 27
Post by: lafreniere.luc on May 08, 2012, 09:49:47 PM: Well I won't be able to attend after all. I just got told yesterday that I'm heading to St-John's for a conference from May 26 to May 29th. Sorry. Hope you enjoy it!
Title: Re: Quebec river trip May 25, 26, 27
Post by: bastien86 on May 08, 2012, 10:38:21 PM: yessser tourilieeeeeeee, batiscan , i'm whit you for this trip.
all depend of the water level if the tourilie gonna run yet
but i will going for sur

bast
Title: Re: Quebec river trip May 25, 26, 27
Post by: bastien86 on May 08, 2012, 10:39:39 PM: my mother lives near from trois-rivieres we can slip there if its too cold for camping!

bast
Title: Re: Quebec river trip May 25, 26, 27
Post by: ninja on May 13, 2012, 11:19:33 PM: Me me me! i might join you (especially if the Tourillie is runable!)
Title: Re: Quebec river trip May 25, 26, 27
Post by: Joan on May 22, 2012, 05:56:15 AM: It looks like we don't have a quorum...too bad!
Joan
Title: Re: Quebec river trip May 25, 26, 27
Post by: ninja on May 22, 2012, 02:07:13 PM: I could find us some friends if Plan A is still on!

I am still in (let's say 85% sure!)
Tourillie is a great river, not to be missed.
Title: Re: Quebec river trip May 25, 26, 27
Post by: bastien86 on May 22, 2012, 02:49:34 PM: I dont want paddling on a river as a creek ...tourilie r4(+),
whit who I never paddling .
I was on the tourilie last sunday.
there is some undercuts and good holes and little drops need to be a solid boater.

Je ne veux pas aller sur une rivi?re de cat?gories 4(+) avec des personnes que je n'ai jamais pagayer. La tourilie risque dAvoir un haut niveau en fds car cette semaine il va pleuvoir au Qu?bec.
Sur la tourilie il ne peut pas avoir de nageur sinon c'Est toute le canyon qu'il va nager.

Bastien Bourassa-Dusseault
819-350-1342
Title: Re: Quebec river trip May 25, 26, 27
Post by: LouisD on May 23, 2012, 10:54:42 PM: I was in the area as well last WE. Superb weather and paddling.
We slept at the St-Alban camping. Nice camping near by and with a nice canyon and rapid in the middle.
Got rock climbing and caves too.
I did the Tourillie last Sat, the Batiscan (les Portes de L'Enfer) on Sunday and then Pont Rouge on Monday to wind off.
3 new rivers/sections for me.

Batiscan was a long day with close to 2x 2hrs of shuttle (50km) on dirt roads - better take the train like guide Fortin is suggesting.
Use a long boat as there is a big 4km of flat in the middle and smaller ones here and there. 3 or 4 big nice rapids. Probably class III+ but with big holes to manage - or enjoy if you can't manage them. Last big rapid has a nasty big hole on the right side; stay left.

Tourillie was a delight.
Feels a bit like the Diable A has it is in a narrow canyon mostly. Not much easy walking.
We ran straight, boat-scouting everything but walked an easy to walk ledge with a less than ideal landing area.
Solid class IV with must make rapids.

Pont Rouge was too low for my taste. Front surf galore at 145, with river bed clearly close to the hull. Rape-?-Fromage was more fun. Not going there again below 200.

Il y a plusieurs rivi?res int?ressantes dans le coin:
- Neilson - pour creeker averti
Plutot les
- Noire (une autre Noire) - solide interm?diaire
- Rivi?re-?-Pierre
- Mauvaise, plus facile que la Tourillie

A+
LD
Title: Re: Quebec river trip May 25, 26, 27
Post by: bastien86 on May 23, 2012, 11:01:39 PM: un beau trip sa, la batiscan les portes de l'enfer nest pas a sug?rer alors? ;D

Bast
Title: Re: Quebec river trip May 25, 26, 27
Post by: LouisD on May 23, 2012, 11:46:09 PM: La Batiscan les portes de l'enfer, c'est une belle rivi?re.
Sauvage et propre. Mais pas soutenue, donc passablement contemplatif.

Mais le shuttle est long... pour ceux qui bougent les autos et ceux qui se font manger... sans compter la distance de Montr?al si tu ne couches pas aux alentours.

La Torrillie me branche plus.
Par contre, faire la Batiscan en utilsant le train r?gulier pour le shuttle, ca doit ?tre trippant.
Title: Re: Quebec river trip May 25, 26, 27
Post by: ninja on May 24, 2012, 11:17:25 AM: Donc, y a-t-il des gens qui s'enlignent pour cette r?gion-l? en fds?

La Tourillie est une superbe rivi?re ? faire et pr?sentement, son niveau semble bien.
Mais, id?alement ? faire avec quelqu'un qui l'a faite avant et qui la connait.

Batiscan est agr?able ? faire en camping mobile... question de rentsabiliser le temps de la navette si longue...

J'aime pont-Roude/D lorsqu'elle est en bas de 100m3 car il y a beaucoup plus d'endroits o? surfer!