Kayak en los pirineos. Primavera 2012.mp4

Dora Baltea river

Area:  Italian Alps (Aosta)

Put In: At the billage of champex, after the bridge of the road (down stream of Courmayeur)
Take out: Villlenueve
Distance: 23 km
Time: hole day
Gradient: 24 m/km
Best volume: 40 m3/s
Check out levels in Internet:
Not possible. May to September.

Best season: Summer time
Whitewater stars. *****  
Scenary:**

Description: Roughly it´s a river were navigate making kayak scouting , wich keeps you  awake on firs 5 km. After that the river flows more wide and many lines are possible. 


   
 
Take care: 
- After 1st damm there are 2 artificial drops
- 5km after Lentenei waterfall there is a unranable pasage. Take out on river rigth where the rafts boats used to stop. There are two artificial wall making 2 eddies. walk up and follow the road until Runaz. This is the put in again until Villenueve. 
- Second gorge after were the river flows easier, there is a artificial
damm, run it extreme left.

Cinqueta river.

2º drop low water

Area: Chistau valley (Spanish Pyrenees)Put In: In the junction of Cinqueta de la pez and Cinqueta añes cruces
Take out: At the town of San Juan de Plan 
Distance: 13km
Time: 5h
Gradient: 38 m/km !!!
Best volume: 5 m3/s in the put in. 
Check out levels in Internet:
Very regular flow, water coming from graciar melt.

First drop vew

Best season: Spring time, May to July
Whitewater stars. *****

Scenary:****

Description: 
I include 5 sections in one, considering the group of paddlers is gona be solid, which is ready for the best creek in spain.  If the volume is more than 5m3/s the best is to put in the middle of the section, after the red gorge what we can find unther the bridge crossing the river from left to rigth. There is one tributary calls Sallena that is been ran with low water. 

Second drop of doble drop only runable with medium-low water

Lower part with higth volume

Take care:

- First gorge: "salto del femur" a 7m drop rock on the right
- Red gorge: "Z" doble drop with unthercut on the reception pool (left)
- Open area: After some slides we find big boulders wich are sifoned. 
- Las gorge: 2km after the small power house (gauge) doble drop only runable with low water. Midle pool is very steaky pushing you behind the waterfall.

Upper Esera

Area: Benasque  (Spanish central Pyrenees)

Put In: Hospital de Benasque
Take out: Senarta camping Area
Distance: 7-8km
Time: 4-5h
Gradient:
Best volume: 10 m3/s
Check out levels in Internet: No possible

Best season: Late spring May-June
Whitewater stars. ****
Scenary:****

 Take care: Every winter the avalanchas change the riverbed trowing trees to the riverbed blocking the navigation

20 m waterfall, look runable... but

Description: The river starts at Llanos del Hospital,10 km above Benasque. We start with very low water level and runing some easy drops until 20m waterfall, Gorgas de Alva (not runned jet). Portage, river rigtht with 20m rope or river left easy to be climbed until a small path which is on top. Follw the path and walk down until the iron bridge in front of the waterfall. This place should be a good put in if you are not interested in the 20m drop. 15 min walking from Baños de Benasque upstream sould send you directly to Gorgas de Alba.

After the gorge made by slides and drops we will arrive to Baños de Benasque and continue until Llanos de Senarta (Take out). There is still one portage (river left) and some awesome rapids.

Last slide. Xabi

Txomin negotiating the landing

Boca del Infierno (hells door)

Area: Hecho Valley (Spanish Pyrenees)
Put In: After the kaos visible from the road.
Take out: When the gorge opens (very clean). Take a path on the river right.
Distance: 2-3km
Time: 2-3h
Gradient:
Best volume: 5 m3/s
Check out levels in Internet:
   http://195.55.247.237/saihebro/index.php?url=/datos/graficas/tag:A061Y17NRIO1
   Best: 0,50m

Best season: Spring time and Autumn.
Whitewater stars. ** 
Scenary:****

Description: Portage the kaos after the classic Subordán. After this put in and paddle easy class IV. Go inside the gorge and when start feeling good on bed-rock you will see a big boulder hanging between two sides of the gorge (rock built). high water take care the water push you to the back side of the waterfall. difficult safety. On left bank scout or portage. After you will recognise the next slide easy to see from the road, immediately there´s a rock in middle of the riverbed consider to portage. Second and last drop (mandatory 6m) scout left bank

Canal de Izas

Area: Aragon Valey (Aragón) Spain
Acces: From Jaca to Canfrac station N330 road. After Canfranc Estación (100m ) turn rigth and cross a bridge on Aragón river. (Take Out)Thats the place to first water level scout. Continue the ovious trail until "Col te Ladrones" on the left side of the road.

other view of the 1st drop, Kayaker: Lander

Put In: Continue the trail until the turns to path. 100m foward you will find a small damm. Put in river rigth.
Take out: The bridge on Aragón river
Distance: 2 km
Time: 3-4h

Gradient:
Best volume: 3 m3/s class V

Check levels in internet:  No possible, Snow melt o rain. I live in Jaca and I know how is it, so,  the best, call me and paddle together (695 559 272 Mino)
Best season: Spring time

Whitewater stars: ****
Scenary:***

5m drop, easy after slides. Mino

Lander runing the slides

The begining of the gorge, bed-rock, slides and small drpops. Asier.

Take care: Very narrow gorge, but alwais runable, never seen trees but interesting to scout before.

Description:

 

1st drop on after joyned Aragón river Kayaker: Mino

Fist 500 m roky river, some boulders on the way some sharp roks, with low water 2 m3/s no portages but some narrow pasages. After this the river becames sweet flowing on bed-rok with some small drops and slides with small stops but complitly runable. 500m in one rapid!!!! Not easy scouting...

After we join the Aragón valey and quikly, appears the firs drop 6m. There´s a big boulder in the middle of the river, rigth allways best,  boofing to the left. scout river ritgh.

After 400m we find the 9 m last drop. easy scout fom river left, after 200m we find 2 bridges, the second one is the take out.

Enjoy!!!