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1. Waterfall to above Function Junction

Cheakamus
Class IV
3Miles

River Mapplet

Put In Longitude	-123.029923439026
Put In Latitude	50.0578330977309
Take Out Longitude	-123.036167621613
Take Out Latitude	50.0795366079032

Gauge Information (The Skook updated levels from Cheakamus River at 9/10/2010 4:45:42 PM)

Gauge	Forecast	Height	Current Flow	Authority	Physical Update
Cheakamus River	n/a	0	2.178 m	BC Hydro	2010/09/10 13:30:00
Minimum Recomended Level: 2 m Maximum Recomended Level: 3 m

Putin Details

On the way you can stop and scout large sections on the lower half of the run. There is a put in for the lower half as you drive. It is marked quot;Kayak Put Inquot; ignore this sign and keep truckin'. You will go up two large hills, past the suspension bridge. The road will flatten and you can no longer see the river. There will be a pull off, marked with a sign from the Interpretive Forest on the left, Park here and walk down 20 feet to the river.

Takeout Details

Drive to Whistler. Go south to Function Junction. Take Cheakamus Lake Road, uphill at the lights. You will cross a bridge after about 500 meters. Hang a left and you will be at the take out.

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Features on this run

Feature Name Class

Put In Falls V

Bridge Drop III-IV

Triple Drop IV+

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Other Issues
The internet Gauge which is provided by BC Hydro is about 1/10th higher of a reading than the staff gauge shows at the river. So when the internet shows 2.75 the river will read 2.65

Run Description

The cheak is a great morning warmup or anytime run.

The run starts out with a nice 12 foot water fall that quickly leads into the rest of the run. From the falls are several fun class III rapids before coming to Bridge Drop which is the first class -IV rapid before Triple Drop.

Triple Drop is a series of three ledges that ends with a large hole in the middle of the second ledge. Stay LEFT But Scout Right! The Third Ledge is no longer significant.

From Triple Drop there are several more fun rapids that are III-IV drops but the crux is the Triple.

The last rapid on the run has a large collection of wood on the river left. Make sure to run hard right around the rock to stay clear of the wood.

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