Paddling on the Horsethief Creek

Horsethief Creek - This is run offers continuous medium volume boulder bed style rapids with spectactular scenery. This class 3-4 run starts off with a few kilometres of mellow class 2 - 2+ before leading into the portage rapid (Portage river right). There are two parts to the portage rapid, the waterfall (Class 5+) and the slide (Class 5), most groups will portage both rapids. From there run consists of mainly class 3-3+ with a short class 4 section. Expect continuous sweep corners, sharp rocks and holes/pour overs; good river reading and leading skills is highly recommended. Towards the end of the run, the river splits for a couple hundred meters, both channels are known to collect wood from time to time.