OK, got it!
Aug 5, 2014, that was our 30th day from Oreway, we had camped at the bottom of the Cascades. Keep in mind the gauge was showing 296cms that day and continued to fall each day.
There is about an 8km stretch of fast water above the first big drop (R5), there was a little bit of gravel scrapping along the way, there is a bit of an R1 just before the drop. We approached on river right, my note
"An R1 leads to the short R5 which that could be a dangerous portage or drag over depending on water levels" This drop of 4+ metres is complex, not a straight line across the river, at our levels there was plenty of exposed bedrock mid-river creating multiple channels. We were able to pull up to a tiny rock ledge on the right, just big enough for one canoe and the bow of the second, the spruce were really thick here so this little ledge was all we had. the far right side channel here is only a couple of metres wide, drops straight down to a tiny pool, my partner climbed down to the pool and found a reasonable secure flat rock so I could hand down the gear bag by bag. From there it's straight forward, maybe 20m to where you can put in. NOTE: that ledge at the top was only a few inches above water, I have no idea what the bushwacking would be like if you stopped further upstream.
My notes for the 2nd half are not as detailed, below the first big ledge we ran an "easy" R3 on the left of an island? For the final section all I have is
Quote:
"we portaged 150m over the rocks, relatively easy stuff"
Looking at my GPS track I'm seeing that we did it on the left and it was more like 225m and took far longer than it should have.
If you get any flight info about access points and current pricing please post. I might be able to dig up some photos I can send to your Gmail (if it's valid). Also have my partners notes (French) for the rapids of interest.