An open section followed by a deep but wider gorge at grade 3/4. It starts with a very narrow gorge, grade 2 with one tricky narrow fall above the bridge (3/4 but very tight). We were told by local boaters that the Tomlinka had an upper (5?) section and that the lower gorge (4/5) was nice but could become hopelessly choked with trees (someone had spent 6 hours carrying out!).Īlso within reach was the Raccolanna lower gorge (3/4) across the border in Italy. It is a beautiful fun section with a narrow gorge near the top. The Kornica (2/3) is a tributary of the Soca. The Lower Soca (3/4) is a lovely section, well worth the walk down from the road, with a playhole (see ) and it finishes in a scenic grade 3 gorge. When we were there, all of the rapids could have been protaged, with difficulty. A swim here would quite possibly be terminal. An initial hard section (IV/V) - viewable by walking down the river right from the end of the slalom course -, then a short flat section and a harder section to finish (V). The Soca Graveyard Canyon (5/6) is a dangerous run with many undercut boulders and sumps. Beware to finish before the very dangerous 'Graveyard Canyon' - you see a metal cross on a midstream rock. The Slalom Site (4) is easily inspected from the path on the river right. It is now flat as far as the main Soca gorge (3/4) which ends when you see the old wooden bridge and slalom site. You can either egress at 'Tonis Camping' or continue to Cesoca which is 2/3 with some playspots. The upper Soca (3 (4)) is an open run with one narrow gorge at about half distance. Paddling on the upper stretches of the river is restricted by the National Park. A trip must be made to the 'source of the Soca'. This is a fantastic unspoilt area, not really expensive. has information on a playhole on the lower stretches of the river. It is probably best early in the season and on a sunny day. The upper river Isla (3/4) (from hinterbichl to bobojoch) was a good paddle on a small mountain river finishing above an unrunnable gorge. The river Liesa (3/4) was a nice run with big water, never very difficult and finishing at a slalom site We started at the petrol station just downstream of Gmund and finished after the slalom site above Spittal. This beautiful river would run in summer. The Salza had many sections, the Lammer Gorge (4+, 5) was very high, however, all of the deep gorge was easily viewed from the path high on the river bank (starts river right from the road bridge at the egress). We used Terry Ford's Austrian Rivers guidebook.
It is mentioned along with the Schwarzbach (5) in the Northern Alps guidebook. It has a very deep gorge with a path (river left) alongside and accessible for almost the entire length. The Weissbach (4 (6)) is just accross the border with Germany. It is possible to continue all the way to the Saalach, however the river is canalised through the town with several weirs. Portage the first weir left and egress at the second weir (3m high and visible from the road). Run begins at a road bridge, above which the river is flat.
The difficulties are easily portaged on the path on the LHS.Ī tributary if the Saalach is the Loferbach/Strubach (4). The whole run is easily viewed from the path on the river left. The run begins at wooden footbridge after slalom site, on a right hand bend. This has several difficult and dangerous drops. Below this is the Lofer Gorge (4, (5, 6)). The Slalom Site (3/4) is accessed from the car park by the tourist information office (centre of the town on the main road) by a path. The Saalach was running very high, a good powerful run and I belive that it is still runnable in summer. The area was almost devoid of kayakers, apart from the slalom course on the Saalach. The "Tony Ford" guide to Austrian Rivers (small A5 folder) was useful and the descriptions below relate to his access points. High flows, about 240cm on the gauge mentioned in the North Alps guidebook. The Kaiserklamm on the Brandenburger Ache. The Easter weekend is popular on the Soca with German kayakers. to aid other kayakers.Īll of the rivers in Eastern Austria were high (including the Kelsauer Ache Brandenberger Ache - See Pete Knowles' North Alps Guidebook), the weather in Austria mixed but not that warm, Slovenia was hot. If you have any more accurate information, please This email address is being protected from spambots. There are currently no UK guidebooks to this area and below is a brief description of the rivers that we ran, conditions that we found and other rivers that we heard about.
On an Easter trip in April 2000, a small group of kayakers were in the Salzburg region, Eastern Tirol and the North East of Slovenia
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