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Thompson River BC Whitewater Kayaking 2015

This video is about whitewater kayaking on the Thompson River in British Columbia, Canada. I included lots of scenery shots. From these scenery shots, you can see that this area has arid country and fairly lush country in close proximity. For example, the normal run from the Frog to the confluence with the Fraser River is only about 10 miles long, and the put-in is in the arid country and the lush country is just across the Fraser River from the take-out. I think the Thompson is one of those rivers where people might question whether it is a class III or class IV. I'd call it a IV. If you were swimming in the whirl pools, you'd likely discover an unforgiving side to this river. The Thompson is an especially fun big water river. It typically is at a very good level around the first of September when the weather is great and the water is warm. There are a lot of things that add to the enjoyment of a Thompson River trip besides the whitewater like the scenery and the hiking. Almost all of the substantial rapids are in the upper road side portion of the run, although even in that section it would be quite a scramble to get from the river to the road in many places. It's not the kind of road side river where the shoulder of the road is the river bank. This river has lots of big eddies. You often have to paddle through big back eddies on the flat water just to keep going downstream. I first went there about 20 years ago. I was there on Labor Day Weekend in 2015 and it seemed like there were fewer white water kayakers than there were on a typical Labor Day Weekend 20 years ago. A good level for the Thompson is around 16,000 to 24,000 cfs. Actually, I suspect it is good below that range. I kayaked on it one weekend about 20 years ago when the level was around 32,000 cfs, and it was less fun because the rapids were flatter. The Thompson gets way higher than that each summer, and it typically falls through the ideal range in late summer or fall, which is when the weather is great. So, if your schedule is flexible, you could boat on the Thompson River at your favorite level every year, by just waiting for it to get down to that level. If you're locked into going on Labor Day weekend, it might still be a little high then or maybe even a little low in a very low water year. If you want to surf the waves I was surfing in this video, I'd recommend a longer old school type kayak because you'll probably need some speed to catch them. I hope you enjoy my video.