Topic: Sunday Adventure...Rouge, Seuil Elizabeth!

[lafreniere.luc]

I believe I should be able to make either Saturday and/or Sunday. My wife wants to go x-country skiing Saturday morning... but that will depend on the crazy weather we have. Even if we do go, it's early in the morning. So I should be able to go boating around 11AM until around 4PM, then I have dinner plans at friends'.

Sunday I'm also free most of the day, but I will have to leave around 3:30PM since I have a flight to catch at 7:15PM to Calgary.

So do post what is the plan since I'm definitely hoping to get some paddling in!

[Paul Potvin]

And... maybe we'd get Paul on the water too!

Much better chance of getting me to go to sewer wave than the pool, that's for sure!
Temperature is looking good all weekend too....

Paul

[jonyak]

I will be at sewer probably both days if its nice.

Friends are coming from toronto to join also.

[JohnCyr]

Was surfing at sewer yesterday...awesome level and decent sized ice chunks coming down later in the day

[ChristianG]

And... maybe we'd get Paul on the water too!

[ChristianG]

Hmmm... early spring again this year it seems...

BTW, I might be wrong, but water temperature is not at its coldest yet. It will be when the water is gray, full of silt from the 'just melted' stuff and with floating  chunks of ice to dodge. Then the surface water temperature will be very close to zero Celsius. Right now we are still getting lake bottom water, around 4 degrees C.

Rouge at 53 m^3/s is a nice beginner-friendly level, I'd be up for it (in a big boat still), but why not hit Sewer Wave, or Champlain Saturday/Sunday indeed? The Rouge is always there, not so for city playspots...

--C.

[JohnCyr]

warm ups are for pussies!  HAHa JK! Sewer is amazing right now! <3

[jonyak]

Tempting, but I think I am just gonna hit up sewer wave as a warm up.

[JohnCyr]

So Word on the street is the Rouge, Seuil Elizabeth is clear of ice along the rapids and on the flats...... A few guys I know ran the section last weekend without the chutes (as they have undercut ice) and there was no problem and its good to go! at 53 cms, there is nothing to worry about and its a fun class 3+ run. Mind you its winter and water is cold. Not a place to be swimming or constantly rolling. Any interest?