OUTLAW EAGLE MANUFACTURING

Arthur · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject: The GRAND RAPIDS close up!!!

I never made it down this trip, but I grabbed some of buddy's photo's that he took while taking a bunch of people to the rapids....ENJOY!!!

Dano · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 243 Location: Whitecourt, Alta.

Wow. Cool pic's. Thanks for sharing.

Skinnydipper · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:57 pm Post subject:

Very interesting photos! Looks like the trip is well worth it Cool

DOC · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 329 Location: Whitecourt

Where the heck were those pictures taken ?

Arthur · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:45 am Post subject:

Itsworthit · Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 432 Location: Whitecourt

Where would the closest boat launch be to them

Arthur · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject:

The closest boat launch is 30 mins from Athabasca(5mins from ALPAC) called poachers landing. The grand is 160miles from town and there are quite a few cabins and stop's on the way. You go through 4 set's of rapids getting there(nothing over a level 2) There is a place I know about 2/3 of the way to Ft.Mac that you can quad in some gas, but I usually just bring some down in the winter if I'm going. It's take's a good 3-4 day's to take everything, in including the sites at the pelican hilton(old homestead and one of the first ever wooden derriks for drilling) Here are a few more pics.......

These cabins are a five minute boat ride to the GRAND and are owned by a a couple of good friends....

In case you forgot how MASSIVE they are from the air.....
They drop 100' over the whole stretch of the rapids and are louds as hell!

OE field trip next year? Definetly do-able and I can show you guy's what I know about the area. It really is amazing!!
You can hit the same rocks I do on the way down.... Embarassed

Arthur · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:15 pm Post subject:

The new cabin that a buddy built at the Pelican Settlement....

DOC · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 329 Location: Whitecourt

Can you go around the rapids on the right side of the island ?

Arthur · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:39 pm Post subject:

Only if your crazy Shocked

. I'm pretty sure their impossible to navigate on either side. There is a old set of railway tracks on that island which they used to transport shit down to Fort Mac.(portage for the educated folk) I work with a guy that was born on the Pelican settelment(old Native Fellow) and he's told me a few stories of some guy's from the army that went through there with raft's. They all lived, but lost most of there gear and said "never again". It's really one of those things you have to see in person to understand the magnatuide of them!!!

Kev-o · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 625 Location: Sylvan Lake

That is Amazing Sh&t right there great pictures. would be cool to see in person. Thanks for the pics.

Kev-o

Itsworthit · Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 432 Location: Whitecourt

I just looked on Google, wouldn't it be closer from Fort Mac? does anyone know how far from fort mac?

Arthur · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject:

It's definetly "Do-able" from Mac, but I've heard some people say that the water is vicious. I know some buddy's that went up on Sea-doo's with a experianced boater guiding them. They said never again. It was fun, but the said the wave's/rapids were so big you couldn't see the guy 10' in front of you! There is 11 set's of rapids that way which include some pretty steep cascade's.(saw some pics). It's 90miles up and the rapids range from I to a IV. The one guy I go with(yellow Kenferm) was in Mac with a boat and ventured up the Atha'b to the first or second cascade and told me he wouldn't want to make that a trip.....but don't get me wrong, it can be done. I'd love to say I covered every mile of the River from Jasper park to Lake Athabasca one day.

WhichWay · Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Peace River

I fly over the Athabasca every week and from the Grand Rapids down there are lots of ledges that go the full length across the river. From what I can tell right now might not be much fun going up river.