Stream Team's Crowsnest River
OPTION 1
Put In - Bellevue
Take Out - Lundbreck Falls - 1 km W of Lundbreck turn S and follow road to Lundbreck Falls.
Distance - 22 km
Gradient - 6.5m/km
River Grade - II
Contains Rapids - Class I to II+

Cascades flowing out of Frank Slide - not normally paddled due to boulder sieves and sharp edged upstream facing boulders (30cms).
OPTION 2
Put In - Lundbreck Falls - 1 km W of Lundbreck turn S and follow road to Lundbreck Falls.
Take Out - Crowsnest River Bridge on Highway 3
Distance - 2.5 km
Gradient - 3.5m/km
River Grade - II
Contains Rapids - Class I to III

Rat Wave


For those of us who'd rather watch than participate in the grade V Lundbreck Lemming Leap, there's a much tamer paddle that starts at the campground below the Falls. It's an hour paddle to the take-out at the dirt-road bridge below Highway 3. A nice grade II run with 'the ledge' that's II+ or maybe a III at some flows and lots of mini-ledges. Maybe the most reliable wave is 'Rat Wave', or if you blow off the back, 'Rat's Wave'.


Lundbreck Falls at 50 cms (May 25 2008 (Stew))




Lundbreck Falls at 2 cms (Stew)




OPTION 3
Put In - Crowsnest River Bridge on Highway 3
Take Out - Oldman Reservoir - 1 km W of Lundbreck turn N and follow road accross Crowsnest river, turn Right at junction and follow road to parking lot at beginning of Oldman Reservoir
Distance - 5.6km
Gradient - 2.7m/km
River Grade - II
Contains Rapids - Class I to II+