Belgium 2023-01-07 - Ardennes - Packraft Amblève
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 17.27 nm
- Elevation gain
- 2,110 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,110 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,615 ft
- TrailRank
-
23
4
- Min elevation
- 644 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 7 hours 27 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2241
- Uploaded
- January 7, 2023
- Recorded
- January 2023
near Sur le Stockeu, Wallonia (Belgique)
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Itinerary description
One of the best packrafting + hiking day tours in the Belgian Ardennes consists of a descent of the river Amblève from Stavelot to Cheneux via Coo, combined with a return hike over the hills. This tour is 32 km in all and requires 650 m of climbing.
On a partially sunny December day, Masha and I set out on our Amblève tour. Temperature is around 8°C and there's quite a good flow, not too far from the allowed maximum. We put in at 10 am and pass through many fun rapids until arrival in Coo, where we have to portage around a 15 m high waterfall. After Coo follows a stretch that is still quite scenic, however with less rapids. One kilometer or so before the take-out, we make a stop for lunch.
We take out at the Cheneux bridge at 1 pm, pack up and start hiking through forests and meadows. We climb a hill and descend to Coo on its other side. After Coo follows another steep hill, after which there's a gradual descent until Stavelot, where we arrive at 5:30 pm while evening falls.
(Stavelot: 17.5 m3/s)
On a partially sunny December day, Masha and I set out on our Amblève tour. Temperature is around 8°C and there's quite a good flow, not too far from the allowed maximum. We put in at 10 am and pass through many fun rapids until arrival in Coo, where we have to portage around a 15 m high waterfall. After Coo follows a stretch that is still quite scenic, however with less rapids. One kilometer or so before the take-out, we make a stop for lunch.
We take out at the Cheneux bridge at 1 pm, pack up and start hiking through forests and meadows. We climb a hill and descend to Coo on its other side. After Coo follows another steep hill, after which there's a gradual descent until Stavelot, where we arrive at 5:30 pm while evening falls.
(Stavelot: 17.5 m3/s)
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Super mooie route, echter de hoogtemeters, en dan vooral na Coo, zijn onmenselijk. Wel blij dat ik deze route gedaan heb, samen met mijn hond. Het weer was ideaal, wel iets te weinig water, maar dat wist ik op voorhand.
Ik ben niemand op de hele route tegengekomen, ook niet op het water.