Calcasieu River - Hineston to Hwy 113 (Moderate Flood Stage)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 15.76 nm
- Elevation gain
- 1,673 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 1,732 ft
- Max elevation
- 178 ft
- TrailRank
- 33
- Min elevation
- 178 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 5 hours 26 minutes
- Time
- 8 hours 36 minutes
- Coordinates
- 4954
- Uploaded
- April 15, 2024
- Recorded
- April 2024
near Hineston, Louisiana (United States)
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Itinerary description
Glenmora gauge reflected river level at 16.0', and Oakdale showed 20.5. Flirted with "very difficult" rating.
Shout out to Chicotgal, our "eye in the sky" for keeping us from straying too far!
Check out this trail from "Bigav8r" and "olmcdon"
Waypoints
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139 ft
Strother's Crossing
Didn't want to get sideways up against this! The bridge is around a bend in the river, and full disclosure, caught me off guard. I knew we were close, but to come around the bend and see it, with the current pushing you towards it was an "oh sh**" moment. On top of that, the current coming through the woods was at a 90 degree angle from our right, pushing us towards the bridge. I was actually glad to be pushed up a couple of trees right at the road, and able to step out of the boat.
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130 ft
Hwy 113
Take out was on the down river, west side of bridge. It was pretty much typical of the river conditions that day, with the river saying "you're not done quite yet". Current was pushing you past point, and directly into a utility pole guy wire, for one last pucker factor. Check out trails from "olmcdon" and "Bigav8r" for pics of takeout.
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Whatever that guy was doing on the bridge doesn't look right. Ya'll need to keep an eye on that one.
weren't none of 'em quite right...
Yea, you right
Well she was right