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Best of British Columbia Wildwater Rafting Tours
Chilkotin, Fraser, Thompson, Nahanni River, Babine and Gataga, BC’s Best Whitewater
River Wild - The Adventure of a lifetime |
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| Guided Hiking Tour Selection |
| Tour |
Location |
Rating |
# Days & Info |
| RBC#01 Babine River |
Smithers |
1-4 |
06/11 Days |
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| RBC#02 Gataga River |
Fort Nelson |
1-3 |
10 Days |
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| RBC#03 Thompson & Fraser River |
Ashcroft |
1-4 |
03 Days |
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| RBC#04 Thompson & Fraser River |
Big Horn |
1-4 |
02 Days |
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| RBC#05 Wells Gray & Clearwater River |
Wells Gray Park |
1-4 |
06 Days |
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| RBC#06 Chilcotin & Fraser River |
Hanceville |
1-4 |
03 Days |
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| RBC#07 Chilco, Chilkotin, Fraser River |
Williams Lake |
1-4 |
06 Days |
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| RBC#08 Farewell Canyon |
Hanceville |
1-4 |
01 Days |
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| RBC#09 Nahanni River |
Fort Simpson, NWT |
1-4 |
08 Days |
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| RBC#10 Firth River |
Inuvik |
1-4 |
11 Days |
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| RBS#11 BC Best Whitewater Adventure |
Vancouver |
1-4 |
11 Days |
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| RBC#12 Stikine River |
Juneau, Alaska |
1-4 |
14 Days |
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| River / Waterlevel Classification |
| Class 1 |
| Small and regular waves; easily navigated passages. Usually navigable by novice paddlers. |
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| Class 2 |
| Regular, medium sized waves; low ledges; sweepers; log jams may be present; passages clear though narrow and requiring competent maneuvering. Inspection usually required.At least one member of team should be intermediate paddler. |
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| Class 3 |
| Waves numerous, high and irregular; exposed rocks; strong eddies. Inspection stronglyrecommended. Upper limit for open canoe. Usually navigable by intermediate to expertpaddlers. |
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| Class 4 |
| Waves high, powerful and irregular; dangerous exposed rocks; boiling eddies; passages difficult to reconnoitre. Inspection mandatory. Powerful and precise maneuvering required.Rapids of this class, and over, should only be attempted by expert paddlers in covered canoes. |
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| Class 5 |
| River channel extremely obstructed; ledges; violent and fast current; abrupt corners. Reconnoitring mandatory but difficult. |
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| Class 6 |
| Difficulties of Class 5 carried to extremes of navigability. Definite risk of life involved. |
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