Upper Nashwaak July 28-29

[tickles]

It's been maybe five years since I ran this stretch and it was the first real river trip I ever did. I was curious to see if it was as fearsome as I remember.

We were hoping to get it at high water but by the time we put in it was about 19@ the Durham bridge gauge. Set out from Gorby Gulch around 2:30 and camped maybe a hour away from the narrows.

We did see a Nice moose in the upper section.

The water was not as high as we were hoping for and I was getting made fun of from my friends as I had hyped up the river as hard core.

Dave did have a go at the narrows watch the video to see if he made it on the line I suggested. I ended up portaging the one bad drop and running the bottom part.

We ended up taking out in Stanly around 6PM on Monday.

It really is hard to catch this river at the right level but with that rain and +25 days we could not resist.

Very runnable down to 18.5@ the Durham gauge.



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[dbradford]

Nice report, looks like you guys had a lot of fun! I have to get back up there and run that stretch again.

[disco169]

Can you desscribe where "gorby gulch" is? I checked google maps and can't find it. I found all of the other reference points. Thanks!

[tickles]

While on the 107 at the deersdale intersection take a left onto the gravel road. you will pass by Nashwaak lake on your right you may not see it though, keep going to you go across this little bridge and there will be a small beat up camp on the left side. this is the Gorby gulch camp. probably about 10-15Kilomerters from the main road if memory servers me right.

Be very careful around the Narrows, for 95% of the boating population its a mid length portage.

I guess I could have run it but I am not a fan of getting banged off of rocks:)

Water around 19 at the Durham gauge be careful.