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CdB Whitewater Paddling Club Discussions => Paddling => Topic started by: coolfarmer816 on June 06, 2014, 07:54:21 AM
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On my way back from MTL next Sunday, Marg G and I will do the lower section
We will be at the take out (the camping on the 148 road) regular take out at 14:00
Daniel 819 635 5876
http://www.quebecwhitewater.com/fr/info-debit/view/1-riviere-rouge-seuil-elizabeth
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Possible! Will see tomorrow.
It's very high--be very careful at the take-out for the portage above the first big drop because there is a lot of current and an eddy line.
--C.
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Well, it's about stable at 130 m^3/s--not that high after all.
--C.
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hahaha I was gonna say...130 cms is high but "not that high". :P
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It's not that high but it's the trashiest level if I believe those who had run it at every possible level.
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Yeah! Pretty much every holes on the river are in at this level lol.
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I'm in, but I've never paddled this section so I would need location of takeout
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Take out is on HW 148 at a municipal campground a couple kilometers west of Kilmar rd. If you come from Hawkesbury, turn left on 148 then keep your eyes open when you go by Kilmar rd.: it's on the north side of 148 just after Kilmar rd and just before the bridge over the Rouge!
--C.
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see you there
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You don't want to swim at the washing machine, cause' it's one hell of long swim at that level. Believe me that is where I upgraded my swim technic the level was at 144 cms when I swam, I missed the eddy on the left and went backwards in the washing machine. That sucker sucked me out of my boat!!!!! I caught my boat just after the big island at the end of the rapid. It' about 120cms now, it is still going to be pushy. Have fun and paddle safe.
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You don't want to swim at the washing machine, cause' it's one hell of long swim at that level. Believe me that is where I upgraded my swim technic the level was at 144 cms when I swam, I missed the eddy on the left and went backwards in the washing machine. That sucker sucked me out of my boat!!!!! I caught my boat just after the big island at the end of the rapid. It' about 120cms now, it is still going to be pushy. Have fun and paddle safe.
Its was so warm that Marc decide to swim the washing machine. Except that, it was a very nice and interresting level :)
Daniel
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Really nice and pushy, holes were not a problem really, just a lot of big diagonal waves. No Mushroom to speak of, so if one made it to the Texaco eddy (solid bracing skills required!), the rest was fine, easy enough to avoid the Washing Machine. But if one went too close to the Drano hole, well, it's a long swim! At this level, there are actually two seal launches!
This was a good time to start. Just the three of us and nobody else on the river. Great day!
--C.
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I concur with waverider at that level the washing machine is on spin cycle.
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Yeah, Marc... I'll tell the Boreal River Rescue instructors NOT to use you as swimmer during the course next month, you got your share already.
The Familial and other small rapids were a lot of fun. We explored a new (to me) line at Elizabeth, eddy-hopping river left. Daniel went backward, I went forward...
I really appreciate the consistency of Slice'n'Dice. There was no demarcation between the preceding Class II+ rapid and the drop itself. After watching Jim so many times, I went in the center trusting my skills to deal with whatever would be there. I can report that the small 'thread the needle' between the two holes is there at huge range of levels, between 160 m^3/s and 12 m^3/s. Yesterday, the error margin was small, you had to be within about 1/2 m of the peak of 'S' water ridge, but the line was easy to spot if you started right in the middle. It was a good roller-coaster ride, once you get on the water ridge, it was like a train ride taking you right between two HUGE holes. Kudos to Daniel and Marc for navigating that!
The crux for me was the canyon starting below Slice'n'Dice down to the Texaco eddy, which was tiny--room for 2-3 boats only at this level. A few big holes to avoid and many large crashing diagonal waves to hit. Daniel and I waived Marc good luck as he bobbed by the eddy--the poor guy had already a whole weekend of canoe training in him, and was already spent when we started... While running down the shore to try to catch him (no use, btw, water is too fast), we had the opportunity to scout the rest of the rapid, which looked--and was--relatively straightforward, easy enough to paddle towards left to avoid the Washing Machine. The Drier was a big green wall of water to hit straight on.
At this level, the seal launch after the portage is not impressive except that you land in a fast current, so technique is important (lean downstream while in mid-air). There is still quite a bit of flat water below to fix any problem, it's quite safe especially if someone is waiting in the river-right eddy after the first bend--thanks Daniel! The good thing too at high levels is that even if someone screws up and only rolls up just above the last waterfall, the current is very slow there and it would be an impressive ride but not so dangerous to actually run the drop, aiming for the rooster tail center-right, or the little sneak drop extreme river right. The second portage is very short: walk 5 m and do a second seal launch into the bottom of the drop.
In a big boat (I was in a Pyranha Burn), I would rank last Sunday as my most rewarding run of the Seven Sisters section. It would have been feasible in a playboat, but not fun at all.
--C.