Tuesday, September 6, 2016

S-Bend to below Snake Canyon - Aug 6

We were on the river by 10 am the next morning and made it through the S-bend rapids with no trouble so we weren't too worried about the Class III canyon coming up next. When we reached the takeout to scout/portage the canyon we were surprised to  see it looked more like a class IV canyon.

Scary hole viewed from Portage Trail

So we portaged most of the gear and our boat, and ran the raft through the rapid.

Raft entering rapid

Raft safely through rapid.

Two km later we reached our campsite, located opposite a red cliff:


And before you knew it the beach was strewn with items being dried in the sun.


Highlight of the day:  No rain!  Also successfully ran Snake Canyon!

Plant of the day:  The tiny, beautiful Lapland rhodendron (leaves are about 1.5cm long)




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