Coast Mountain Chronicles: Kowatua Creek

Located deep in the largest roadless watershed on the Pacific Coast and coursing through a landscape studded with glaciers, azure lakes, and 800-year-old trees lies pristine whitewater. Often overshadowed by the Stikine and Alsek rivers, the expansive Taku watershed holds the promise of tight boxed-in canyons and a max gradient of 450 feet per mile, right on the edge of navigability.
On satellite imagery, it was 170 miles from Tunjony Lake, the source of Kowatua Creek, to where it joined the Taku in Juneau, Alaska. It took Lane Jacobs, Ben Stookesberry and Todd Wells ten days to navigate the ludicrously steep gorges of Kowatua Creek, through the Inklin River to the confluence of the Taku on a trip equal parts portage-fest and Class V stoke.
In partnership with BC Whitewater, Coast Mountain Chronicles offers a visual narrative spanning three years of whitewater adventure through the seldom explored watersheds of the Pacific and Boundary Mountain Ranges in British Columbia.

[@zca4783]

This entire series is the best collection of whitewater films I've ever seen

[@macfawlty]

Wow. Alaska was such an epic choice for another extreme kayaking adventure from Todd and Ben. Only 5 comments in the 2 weeks since this was posted? How are more people, especially WW paddlers not seeing these VERY well produced kayaking videos? Thank you Todd and Ben for taking us with you on this epic journey, showing us the tremendous beauty and scale of the Alaskan wilderness.

[@EricAtkins]

Awesome video!

[@DustinRea]

This is living. How does it not get any better than that eh? Hey I recently bought your NRS Chinook PFD and after using it a few times now I can honestly say it's the nicest PFD I've ever used. Worth every penny. As a flyfisherman, that rod holder and the flip down tables are the handiest things ever. Now I could literally get a pocket vice and small bobbin and tie flies on the water as needed. Great design

[@Forestowo]

Very nice trip and vid. Thank You!

[@Jordan-yp2rp]

Am not a kayaker but this travel is a thing ☀️😎 Video edit on point 👍

[@big1dog23]

Excellent. Even a non Kayaker could sense the extra weight in the boats and how it effects handling. Closer to a road and with light boats, would they have run those 50 ft double drops?

[@coldwateronly]

Great edit! When do i get to come? Ben? Todd? Lets talk

[@DaVinci740]

The most amazing part of this video is trying to figure out where they are keeping all their gear, I get a couple dry bags stuffed into the boats, but they were each lugging around multiple dry bags 😂