New to Bellingham whitewater
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Topic: New to Bellingham whitewater
Posted By: bigboatsrule
Subject: New to Bellingham whitewater
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2008 at 1:20pm
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Hey! My name is Ben and my wife and i just moved to bellingham. We want to go boating. We're both kayakers. She likes class 3 and i like class 4. We are from northern west virginia. We were down in Olympia for the last 3 months and are interested in anything anyone could tell us about the local runs. We're also looking for people to boat with and run shuttle / carpool with (gas prices - ouch) from Bellingham. I have the Bennett book and i think that we may go check out the middle fork of the nooksack this afternoon. As far as local runs y'all may know i've run Canyon creek (fly creek to Lake Merwin) and Stabler to highbridge on the Wind, the Tilton, west fork of the hood down to punchbowl falls, etc....that's the kind of things i like She liked the Middle Middle Snoqualamie, and the upper upper wind at low water. Send me and email or better yet call me and let's go boat something Ben 724-880-5156 |
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Posted By: James
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2008 at 1:26pm
Posted By: Erik
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2008 at 1:43pm
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What up Ben. Good boating community in The Ham. You should have no problem hooking up with paddlers in the area. We were talking about some boating this afternoon, but nothing has come together yet. I'll give you a call when I know the what/when/where's. The Upper MF Nooksack is pretty full-on class V, and kinda manky. The Canyon Section is IV/V and quite scenic. It would be a much better experience if you went with someone who knew it. We might be paddling that this afternoon. It's pretty short, but very committing (read - a few must run rapids in a deep boxed in gorge). The NF Nooksack is the classic go-to around here. The Bend section. It starts out class II, and goes III, IV, then V. We'll be in touch. Good to have another paddler in the mix. Also, check out... www.bellinghamwhitewater.org ~Erik (425) 591-3220 Looks like James beat me to the punch. |
Posted By: bigboatsrule
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2008 at 2:38pm
![]("smileys/smiley4.gif") NIce. My wife and i went and did the commercial section of the nf nooksack yesterday from the doug fir campground down. Nice river. What are some good levels for the horseshoe bend section? I think the river was around 1400 yesterday according to the usgs. I'm gonna look for some pictures of the MF Canyon and NF Bend section.Are you guys thinking about boating this weekend? |
Posted By: jondufay
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2008 at 5:15pm
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Yo,
A bunch of us are going to be heading up there tomorrow evening. Meeting at the IGA in nugents corner around 5:45. Will be boating "the bend" and the canyon, then having beers at grahams later. We have a regular thursday evening paddle, either the nf nooksack or crossing the border and hitting up the chilliwack. Feel free to join us anytime.
Jon Welcome to bellingham. ------------- ahh, f--- it dude, lets go boating... |
Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2008 at 8:50pm
Big Boats DO rule, my West Virginian friend. Sometime if you make it down towards Seattle & vicinity you should look me up. I hail from that region as well, originally. Good water back in WV. Lots of good water out here, too!![]("smileys/smiley20.gif") jP ------------- 🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋 |
Posted By: doggievacation
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2008 at 8:22pm
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Ben, Welcome to the 'ham. There are a lot of great boaters in B'ham and by now you've probably paddled with quite a few of them. As for Class III boaters, they're a little harder to find, but they do exist. Let me know if you're putting together any Class III trips w/ your wife. I know several solid III boaters (myself included) who'd like to get out more often on local runs... especially now that the Nooksack is dropping down to easier levels. Thanks, John 756-2292 |
Posted By: Wiggins
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2008 at 8:32pm
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Jon,
What time would you guys be hitting the Canyon Section tomarrow?
Kyle ------------- I smell bacon |
Posted By: bigboatsrule
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2008 at 4:54pm
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We're heading over to do the wenatchee on saturday and probably the Skykomish on sunday. Call me if you're interested ben 724-880-5156 |