Packrafts on the Nahanni. 14 days. 335 km.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- My mini-documentary on our 14-day paddling trip we did last summer (2023) to the South Nahanni River in the Nahanni National Park Reserve. The Park is located about 500 km west of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories and is one of the world's first UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It has four noteworthy canyons reaching 1,000 m in depth, called First, Second, Third and Fourth Canyons. Also many karst springs, waterfalls, rapids, bison, bears, and more.
Special thanks to Glen Dickinson, Doug Isaac, Joseph McKenna, and Tu Loan Trieu for the terrific adventure- may we share many more together!!
Thanks also to Glen and Joe for the gorgeous photos and video! You can blame me for the audiodiary narration 🙂
I also wish to thank Tina @ Parks Canada and Jeremie L. for generous trip planning help.
Enjoy!!
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Music as follows (most edited for length)
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"Hit the Road" by Stefan Kartenberg
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"Lights Templar" and "Interludicrous" by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)
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I found your Edziza video and then got recommended this one... what a fantastic looking packraft trip! Some of those rapids looked intense. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the comment forestyforest. Glad to hear people are checking out some of my other videos too!😀
Very much enjoy your Edziza video and channel, btw. Great adventures!
Really great video. I loved every minute of it. My dream vacation for sure. I thought ur only allowed to go with a guide I those big rafts.? How were u guys able to go by yourself? That's what's I wanted to do. Did u walk around headless valley? I noticed you took a lot of the rapids out ....😮 that's the only thing holding me back from the trip...I heard crazy waves? I was wondering how much a trip like that cost ...I'm in ontario canada
@@user-nn7pv3tv5l Thanks! The park allows self-guided trips. We saw a few self-guided groups, although perhaps most people go with guided trips. We didn't walk around headless valley. That would be cool, but we didn't have enough time to do everything we would like. When we went the WW was all below class 3, not extreme, but also not total beginner either. The charters / boat in/out were under 10k, which is not too bad when spread across 5 people (IMO).
Cool trip. Thanks for sharing.
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It's almost impossible to find videos or even pictures of these parks in Canada that are not easily accessible. So annoying lmao. Great video
Thanks Gotworc.
What part of the valley did all the crazy stuff happen and absolutely beautiful video can't wait to visit here one day
Thanks Brent! At our water levels, the biggest must-run rapid was George's riffle, followed by 4th canyon. The rest was lesser, or could be avoided.
@@SteveRuuthSJR absolutely amazing 🤩
Been wanting to go up there since I first saw the Mel and Ethel Ross footage from years ago. Apparently they saw drawings in some of the caves.
Interesting..will check out the video. Hope you have the chance to make it out there soon. A favourite of mine for sure.
Here's the Mel and Ethel Ross video link: th-cam.com/video/zr1v5N6ovp4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=M4GkaXIZSZFykjAk
A must view for Nahanni fans!
Which packrafts did you each use? Which ones worked best?
We had a range of Alpacka and one Kokapelli. They all worked great! I'd say that the Alpacka Classic and the Alpacka Expedition were especially good since they have whitewater decks, but are not as specialized to whitewater as the Gnarwhal, which I used.
@@SteveRuuthSJR Thanks; looks like the self-bailer was useful with all the wave trains. What model was the yellow packraft?
We didn't have any self bailers, the green model was manually emptied after a set of rapids. That's actually OK for our conditions, although admittedly not ideal. The big yellow raft is a kokopelli, and it also worked fine, but I don't know the model. It has a deck, not self-bailer. Also, although there is whitewater, we had mostly a flatwater trip. The biggest water was 4th canyon and George's Riffle. ( Lafferty's Riffle can be mostly avoided by going left.) We did have very low water, easy conditions. Rapids will be bigger at higher water levels.