Bazin River - June 17-23 Partner Wanted

Submitted by KnaapenFrank on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 14:05

Whitewater

Book before May26 as we will be away June1-14.
Marc McCabe of Michigan is looking for a tandem partner. Marc paddled with
us on our wonderful Agawa River trip, a few years ago.

The Bazin River from Parent to the Gatineau River is 125 kilometers of beautiful whitewater suitable for advanced paddlers. The Bazin is mostly C1-2 with lots of C3 rapids, and two C4-5 rapids which can be run or portaged. There are no FALLS on this river and the approaches to the C4 rapids appear to offer good advanced warning for scouting, though many of the rapids will only offer boat scouting. There is a long flat stretch but with high water levels this should not be too difficult for solo paddlers. We will paddle 4 days on the Bazin (25K per day) and 1 day on the Gatineau to take out at Pike Rapid. We will put in at Parent on Saturday afternoon after arranging to have our cars driven from Parent to the take out. The trip will end at about lunch time on Friday. There is an excellent map of the BAZIN on www.cartespleinair.org select CARTES and scroll down till you find the BAZIN.
Contact organizer directly by email. No online registratations can be accepted.

Participants Signed Up:
Jay & Frank Knaapen
Mark McCabe - looking for a partner

The Basics

Event Location:

Parent, Quebec

Date(s) & Time:

Sunday, June 17, 2012 (All day)

Event Duration:

7 days

Difficulty Rating:

Advanced

Itinerary

Itinerary description:

We will meet in Mont St Michel on Saturday for lunch at 1pm and drive to Parent put in after registering at ZEC and finalizing the car shuttle arrangements, then paddle to the first campsite below Parent.

Required Items to Bring:

Fully outfitted whitewater canoes.