Canoe

The Vanoi creek is one of the few unregulated creek in the Alps and therefore ideal for kayakers looking for strong emotions in rushing waters.

Technical skills and care, together with good training are essential for those who wish to practice this sport. There are two types of course here:

Very difficult fast course

Only for experts

Boarding	Refuge Downstream Schooner
Landing
Course time	30’
Medium Difficulty	Class 6
Period	May, June and in autumn after heavy rainfall
Hydrometer	Caoria power station measure 170
Average gradient	60 x 1000
Boats	Only fast course single-seat

Boarding	Ponte Serrai
Landing	Caoria power station
Course time	1 hour
Medium Difficulty	Class 5
Period	May, June and in autumn after heavy rainfall
Hydrometer	Caoria power station measure 170
Average gradient	60 x 1000
Boats	Only fast course single-seat
Specific Dangers	Impassable gorge halfway along course, speed current, steepness of gradient, boulders that force one to continually use complex maneuvers, high psycho-physical stress factor.
Interesting Points	Rapids at the confluence with the Val Regana, obstructed rapids 300 metres above the road bridge, final rapids.

Medium course alpine creek for expert paddlers

With low water levels also suitable for accompanied intermediate paddlers.

It is not possible to break off and land along the course before the finish.

Boarding	Canal San Bovo
Landing	Pian dei Mottes
Course time	About 1hr 15’
Medium Difficulty
In High Discharge Conditions	Class 4 with two sections Class 5
In Low Discharge Conditions	Class 3 with two sections Class 4
Period	May, June and in autumn after heavy rainfall
Boats	Canoe e one-man river kayak
Safety measures	Complete safety equipment and spare paddle
Specific Dangers	Flat on large boulder coming out of first section, small chute on left halfway along the second section, difficulty in getting out of the gully apart from some isolated points.
Interesting Points	As above

Boarding		Pian dei Mottes
Landing		Moline power station
Course time		About 1hr 15’
Medium Difficulty
In High Discharge Conditions		Class 4 with two sections Class 5
In Low Discharge Conditions		Class 3 with two sections Class 4
Period		May, June and in autumn after heavy rainfall
Boats		Canoe e one-man river kayak
Safety measures		Complete safety equipment and spare paddle
Specific Dangers		Flat on large boulder coming out of first section, small chute on left halfway along the second section, difficulty in getting out of the gully apart from some isolated points.
Interesting Points		As above

For further information:
CANOA CLUB DOLOMITI - FELTRE (BL)
tel. 0439.56315 [Bee Lucio]
web: www.canoadolomiti.it