Topic: Blanche River, Gatineau (Spring Creeking)

[Francois Leclerc]

OUCH!!! Wow, pretty steep stuff!! A bit too advanced for me right now    but wow.... Thanks for sharing!

[JohnCyr]

Alright so the Blanche in Perkins (Gatineau) has 4-5 drops and they are running right now. Consequencia class 4 or 4+ drops.. Here they are :

Chutes Dufresnes


CJ running it at high flows


Bridge slide from top


Bridge slide from shore


Village drop


And The Thurso Blanche, Heres a few pics:

Put in and Class 6 drop.


25 footer




Another Nice double drop


And the Mayo Blanche, runnable at low water.

[Francois Leclerc]

Thanks guys! 

[JohnCyr]

http://www.airbornathletics.com/photos.php?pgallery=32

Some of the drops on the perkins run at spring flow

[DaveH]

For the one that goes through Thurso:
http://qcrivers.blogspot.ca/2007/10/blanche-ouataouais.html

I'd likely be game on checking that one out in a couple of weeks/months.

[Francois Leclerc]

Gatineau or thurso!?

I'm not sure which Blanche, I know there is one that goes through Perkins (Val-des-Monts) and crosses the 50 in Gatineau and I know there is another one in the Thurso area. But if you have any info on either one it would be appreciated, thanks.

[JohnCyr]

Gatineau or thurso!? Gatineau has swift water with 3-4 good class 4-5 drops but theyre spread apart so mainly park and huck . Ill try and post pics when i access a computer! As for thurso, its a class 4 run with a 5+ 25 footer that CJ first Ded last year. Deadly consequences. Ask richard and adam. Sketchy undercut and cave. Everyone walks it. Todd also ran the river. Ill post a map and pics as well on tuesday! Ill go scout for ice saturday! Perhaps it already runs.

[Francois Leclerc]

Has anyone ever paddled de Blanche in Gatineau? I've heard of people paddling it in the past...that it was a good spring run. I would like to have some details if anyone has any. Put-in/out, as well as the levels of difficulty if possible. Maybe someone has a map?