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Kayaking in Austria 15 years 2 months ago #30528

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Looking a for a bit of advice, I am looking to organise a trip to Austria next year and was wondering when would be best to go. I have heard that during the summer it can be too big due to the melt.

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Re: Kayaking in Austria 15 years 2 months ago #30530

End of the summer is the best. If you're going to the tirol, you can watch or participate in the adidas sickline. Is really good and there is a lot of kayakers around there at that time.

Cheers, João Barbosa.

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Re:Kayaking in Austria 15 years 3 weeks ago #30637

If you have never been on big water then turning up mid May or June can be a bit of an experience. Most UK boaters turn up in July or August when it is nice, warm & sunny and most rivers have a good level.

Most of the classic runs in Tirol are grade 4 big volume and continuous. So when it says 9 km of grade 4 there will not be any flat water in there rather a few bits that are just grade 2 or 3 (a bit different from a lot of UK runs). On some sections of the Inn the banks are a long way away so having a good roll is more important than in the UK for the same river difficulty, as well as having a bit bigger boat.

The white water Europe - North alps guide book is a good buy for lots of imformation.



Neil Newton Taylor

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Re:Kayaking in Austria 15 years 3 weeks ago #30645

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Thanks that is a great help it looks like we will be going towards the end of August.

thanks again

Matt

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