Wikiloc | Calcasieu River; Oberlin

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Distance: 17.21 nm
Elevation gain: 164 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 144 ft
Max elevation: 89 ft
TrailRank: 35
Min elevation: -26 ft
Trail type: One Way

Moving time: 5 hours 20 minutes
Time: 6 hours 30 minutes
Coordinates: 5343
Uploaded: March 20, 2021
Recorded: March 2021

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near Oberlin, Louisiana (United States)

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Itinerary description

Another great paddle on the Calcasieu. Like others before, this section requires high water. Numerous downed trees and sandbars would make for a very long day and lots of portages in low water conditions. The river gauge at Oberlin was at 7' and Kinder was at 10' yesterday, about perfect. Good current allowed us to average right at 4 mph and made a short day of a fairly long paddle.

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Put in at Hwy 26

This sandbar was covered up with tents and people when we returned to recover my truck latter that day. Popular place!

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Old Main Road Bridge

AKA Old Pump House Rd, access will vary with water level. Private land is posted and fenced.

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Weir below Old Main Rd Bridge

Use caution here. No signage or warnings of any kind. We portaged river right. This is private and posted land. It may be possible to portage to the left but it looked pretty difficult.