Stein River Extreme Rafting

Four trips in 2010 available (Raft Aug 8-9, Raft Aug 15-16, other dates TBA).
Only 14 seats available per trip. $200 CDN pp deposit is required to secure your seat. Spaces are filling up fast.
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Stein Packages	$CDN	$US
Stein River - below Devil's Staircase	$650	$630
Stein River - below Touching the Void	$550	$535
NEW for 2010 - extra night and more meals. Stein Packages include rafting trips on the Nahatlatch Classic, Canyon & Stein, 7 meals, 3 days/2 nights camping and full use of the resort facilities & amenities. Deduct $50 for one night stay with 5 meals.

Special offer for past Stein River guests - FREE cabin tent lodging with Stein Package for Sunday and Monday nights.

Each person that books a Stein River package in 2010 will receive a free white water rafting photo CD (value $50)

of their Nahatlatch rafting trip and a free full body O'Neill wetsuit, booties and splash jacket to wear rafting for your comfort and safety.

The Stein River is our most challenging white water rafting adventure, ideal for advanced whitewater paddlers and adventurists. Plunging through an amazingly beautiful wilderness canyon, the Stein is the steepest river that is commercially rafted in Canada (145 feet per mile drop). REO conducted the first-ever raft descent on the Stein in 1992 and continues as the only rafting company in Canada with operating and Park permits to raft this incredible river. extreme whitewater rafting bc river raft Vancouver Stein

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Details
Our 2-day Stein trips start with a solid day of training on the Nahatlatch Classic & Canyon. Our Stein practice drills may include raft flipping and swimming rapids. Day two begins with a shuttle to the Stein Valley trail head at the entrance to the Nlaka' Pamux Park. The rafts are rolled sausage style for the 6 km hike to the put-in below the Devils Staircase, an un-runnable Class 6 rapid or the 4 km hike in to the put-in below Touching the Void, a class 5 rapid that we portage at most water levels. The guides carry the rafts and each participant is responsible for carrying some rafting and safety equipment such as paddles, life jackets, pumps and dry bags. The hike to the Devil's Staircase takes 1.5 to 2 hours and about half that to below Touching the Void.

Stein River - below Devil's Staircase
The Stein kicks off with a series of extreme class four and five drops. The river bed is chock-a-block with boulders and crews will quickly learn to high-side and use the boulders effectively in navigating the river. The upper portion from below the Devil's Staircase to Touching the Void rapid is about 2 km long and is the steepest section of the trip. As this section is right after the put-in, crews must be paddling hard, working well together and mentally prepared. At the Class 5 rapid named Touching the Void, the crews will portage the rafts at most water levels.

Stein River - below Touching the Void
Below the Void, the Stein is mostly Class 4+ whitewater, but because the river is so steep it has to be considered grade 5. Flipping or wrapping a boat could result in a long swim. The amazing thing about the Stein: no calm sections! After at least 30 Class 4 and 5 rapids, the Stein drops right into the Fraser River which we float back to the cable ferry just north of Lytton BC.

The Stein is the most unique rafting trip in British Columbia, Canada and the Pacific Northwest. The Stein is only available with REO. extreme whitewater rafting bc river raft Vancouver Stein

Best rapids: Touching the Void, Down the Drain, Notch Waterfall, Rooster Tail, and dozens more!

Subject to river levels, the minimum age for the Stein is 14 years. All participants should be in good physical condition. We recommend that first-time paddlers have at least two days of paddle rafting experience prior to the Stein. Also, all paddlers must pass our practice and swim drills on Class 3 rapids.