North Saskatchewan, Emily Murphy Launch

I got out at lunch the week before last on the North Saskatchewan. No sign of spring run off so I put in at Emily Murphy. The launch here remains a bit crappy. The ice trail leads down to a dock that isn't in so you've got to scramble across some rocks to get down. The bad trail (below) is crazy steep.

The river was nice and low so it was an say grind upstream for 45 minutes or so.

I got as far upstream as the MacKenzie outflow and then floated back with the ducks.

Lots of beaver activity, including this slide.

Downtown amid partial clouds.

A new rock to play below has come available just upstream of the Groat bridge on the south side of the river. The river is also low enough that gravel bars are almost exposed.

I'm hopeful to a run through the city before the water rises.