Cruickshank River

[George Walford]

I did a little driving by Comox lake on Sunday. I noticed that the Cruickshank River seemed to have good volume in it:
http://www.bc-ww.com/index.php/river-guide/vanc-isl-rivers/cruickshank-river/


After reading the above guide, I checked the Guage, and it is around the level that is good for paddling! Probably something to consider.

[steve fisher]

I could maybe swing it on sunday if people are up for some creeking ???

[George Walford]

Have you done it? Is it more creeky or closer to the Adam in nature?

Just wondering if I need my creek boat or my playboat...

[steve fisher]

better take your creekboat .... however we will have to check levels on sat night..... I have never even heard of this run before so could be interesting

[George Walford]

Ok, I will bring both boats.

[George Walford]

Well, Steve and I did not run the river as there were only the 2 of us, and there was some river beta on it having a class V section.

However, I got out there with my 4Runner and "car scouted" the river. There is indeed a class V section (I have no idea why that guide gives it a III+)

However, the rest of the river looks like a nice III+ from what I could see, and the V section certainly looks walkable (there is a forestry road on both sides, usually not a far walk from the water.)

I will post a photo of the V drop from where I could see it without falling off of a cliff! :) The class V section had a river wide log in it - and the log was way too large to cut with a handsaw. The kind of thing that we need Kev to go at with a big-ass chainsaw... Still, I would recommend walking the V section anyways. Not the best run for a playboat!

Still, the character of the river looks really interesting to me. The run might be longer than what I saw, there is a section of washed out road that I could get my 4Runner over to continue down the road, but any non 4X4 vehicle probably would not make it.

When I saw it, the river looked runnable, but quite low. I would agree with the 30cms level for running it.