British Columbia Gattaga River Rafting, Gattaga River Northern Rockies

. British Columbia Gattaga River Rafting, Gattaga River Northern Rockies

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Gataga River

This trip floats past big peaks, Rocky Mountain geology and plentiful game population including moose, caribou, elk, bighorn sheep and wolves. This trip is a fly-in and out trip to maximize time on the river with three days hiking and fishing in the alpine before helicoptering to the river for the rafting portion of the trip.

10 Days Gataga River Rafting Tour

Gataga River

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In this day and age it is rare to be able to find a "new" river to run. Northern BC is one of the world's few remaining natural frontiers where one can still be among the very first to raft a wilderness river.

On the Gataga and Kechika Rivers you will feel what a raft trip on the Bow river in Banff National Park would have been like a century and a half ago before the advent of the railroad and highway: a game-rich, untouched valley sweeping up to jagged peaks.

In 1999 we added two days in the high alpine as a new component to our Gataga-Kechika River expeditions and extended the trip from eight to ten days. It was a popular move. This year we will keep it as a ten day trip, but we will spend three days hiking in the alpine before we helicopter down for seven days on the river. The Ram Lakes valley on the divide between the Toad and Gataga River drainages is very remote but has a couple of old horse trails that allow us to more easily travel up the various mountain valleys and access some great ridge walks. Keen hikers can use these trails to launch some exploration of the surrounding ridges and those less interested in vertical gain will be happy rambling along the mountain valleys at the edge of timberline. If the river is your only thing, we can make arrangements for you to join us for the week of rafting.

This whole Northern Rockies area is exceptionally rich in large mammals. Moose, black and grizzly bear, mountain goat, stone sheep, elk, caribou, and wolf are all abundant in the Northern Rockies.

Unfortunately parts of this amazing area are threatened with possible development of timber or mineral resources. The Gataga and Kechika River valleys - the largest remaining unprotected wild watershed in BC - are being eyed for the little and slow growing northern timer they hold.

We hope that parts of the vast wilderness of the Northern Rockies will go from being "unknown"to special recognition and protected. As with the Tatshenshini -Alsek (now protected as a UN World Heritage Site) we hope that by showing people a river's wild and special qualities, they will speak out for its preservation and conservation.

Departure Dates	Rates per Person in CAD$	Adult
July 27 - Aug 5, Aug 10 - 19, Aug 20 - 29	10 Day Gataga Rafting Tour	$4220.00
Including
• Free land & water transportation • Helicopter Flights • Professional Guide Service • GST Tax rebate incorporated • All rafting equipment • All meals • Drybags • Paddling jacket • Safety Equipment • Park user fees