Saturday, September 24, 2011

Full Flood - Murtle River BC

The Murtle river spills over Helmcken falls, before racing to the confluence of the Clearwater river just below Gattling gorge in the wells grey park wilderness of British Columbia

I have paddled this section regularly and during times of low water, it can include running a 30ish Ft waterfall at the base. This run however was around 3 times the water, so did not include the falls, however it turned the 3-4 boogie run into a freight train of huge standing waves!
Awsome!

Water level was between 8-9 on the clearwater bridge.