This summer I paddled for 10 days with 2 friends on Reindeer Lake, starting at Southend, Saskatchewan. On our second day (July 16th) we were hit by a storm minutes after getting to shore, and I had the good sense to turn the GoPro camera toward the water and hit record. Here is the video I made of the first 3 minutes of the storm hitting us.
GoPro video of a storm that hit us moments after we arrived at a potential campsite while paddling on Reindeer Lake in northern Saskatchewan. This occurred in the afternoon of the 2nd day of a 10 day trip. Our location:
https://mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php? ... 9&z=13&t=hOn the trip were Bryan, Jeff and Joe. We were travelling by sea kayak and camping at various spots in the southern portion of this very large lake. We are all experienced paddlers and wilderness campers. We all travel well-prepared for bad weather and we know that a storm can build quickly. However, we were surprised by the speed and intensity of this storm. It was actually good that we didn't get off of the water 5 minutes earlier or falling trees would have damaged at least one of the tents. Off the water 5 minutes later, and this could have been quite a different story (we were dressed for immersion).
We were very glad to have along a Terra Nova 4-person bothy bag (
http://www.terra-nova.co.uk/tarps-bivis ... othy-bags/) as a quickly deployed emergency shelter. It worked extremely well, keeping us warm, dry and safe. We huddled within the bothy on the beach right beside the kayak you can see in the video, immediately behind the camera. I also appreciated my Kokatat Storm Cag (
https://kokatat.com/product/tropos-ligh ... cag-pjutsc), a giant jacket that goes on over the PFD connects to the cockpit coaming, providing great weather protection whether on the water or off.