Belgium 2020-12-13 - Ardennes - Packraft Semois
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 18.15 nm
- Elevation gain
- 2,451 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,451 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,208 ft
- TrailRank
- 25
- Min elevation
- 625 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 7 hours 19 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2019
- Uploaded
- December 13, 2020
- Recorded
- December 2020
near Botassart, Wallonia (Belgique)
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Itinerary description
33 km on foot and by packraft through the Semois valley in the Belgian Ardennes, on a rather typical murky and chilly (4°C) December Sunday.
I start at the Tombeau du Géant lookout in Botassart at 9:15 am and hike to Bouillon via the newly erected suspension bridge of l'Epine. In Bouillon, I hike up the rock for a view of the early Medieval castle and then put in my packraft.
The river Semois has a good flow and around 2 pm I arrive in Poupehan. Unfortunately, there is no time for lunch nor for a prolonged break, as there is still a relatively strenuous hike ahead and I prefer to return to Botassart before dark.
The return hike takes me via “sentier des échelles” in Rochehaut, a rather steep, slippery and muddy trail with a number of fixed ladders securing the most treacherous sections. It is not so easy negotiating the ladders with a backpack (containing my packrafting gear), but I manage.
Around 4:30 pm, I arrive back at the Tombeau du Géant lookout, a mere 15 minutes before sunset.
(Bouillon: 25.1 m3/s)
I start at the Tombeau du Géant lookout in Botassart at 9:15 am and hike to Bouillon via the newly erected suspension bridge of l'Epine. In Bouillon, I hike up the rock for a view of the early Medieval castle and then put in my packraft.
The river Semois has a good flow and around 2 pm I arrive in Poupehan. Unfortunately, there is no time for lunch nor for a prolonged break, as there is still a relatively strenuous hike ahead and I prefer to return to Botassart before dark.
The return hike takes me via “sentier des échelles” in Rochehaut, a rather steep, slippery and muddy trail with a number of fixed ladders securing the most treacherous sections. It is not so easy negotiating the ladders with a backpack (containing my packrafting gear), but I manage.
Around 4:30 pm, I arrive back at the Tombeau du Géant lookout, a mere 15 minutes before sunset.
(Bouillon: 25.1 m3/s)
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