Topic: Kipawa Festival weekend of 24-25-26 of June

[ChristianG]

The first video contains a part where they run La Grande Chute at REALLY LOW WATER. During the festival, the level is higher and the Chute is a mandatory portage: you HAVE to take out above the falls. The second video is at a really high level, you see why La Grande Chute is not run... At festival levels, everything except La Grande Chute and the first part of Hollywood is runable in a playboat.   --C.

This? : http://www.quebecwhitewater.com/en/river-level?task=view&id=41 video is the third part...

Looks to me like IV+ stuff I wouldnt run in a playboat! haha

I sure hope its not this you swam! haha!

Well id be interested for sure If I can run it all in a playboat! Do you plan on going?

[JohnCyr]

 This week on the Kipawa! LOOKS HUGE!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYAcD3pSSgs

[chuckmw]

I'm in, been wanting to do this river for a while..

[JohnCyr]

This? : http://www.quebecwhitewater.com/en/river-level?task=view&id=41 video is the third part...

Looks to me like IV+ stuff I wouldnt run in a playboat! haha

I sure hope its not this you swam! haha!

Well id be interested for sure If I can run it all in a playboat! Do you plan on going?

[ChristianG]

I heard this from the organisers. This river is far, but worth running two days in a row. See the description at <http://www.kipawariver.ca/eng/riverdesc.html>. It is long, mostly Class III with a few Class IV+ rapids. Typically, people run it in playboats but larger boats are fine of course too. For the record, I did it in my 2nd season and ran (and screwed up) every rapid, but still had a good time!

--Christian