Last week we jumped to our van and drived to Italy, to the
Sesia valley. It is not so far from Milano, next to the Swiss border. It is a
whitewater kayaking paradise, but perfect place for biking and hiking as well.
On the end of the valley is the Monte Rosa, so there are possibilities to climb
higher peaks as well. The main valley is the Sesia, and there are steep side
creeks too.
First day, although we were tired from the journey, we were
sitting in the kayaks and paddled one of the upper section of Sesia, 10 kms
finishing in Balmuccia.
The last kilometer leaded in a beautifull canyon, where the
big drops ending in pools.
We were camped next to the river, in one of the rafting
company’s base and slept well after the long day.
Next day morning we run 11 km of the Sesia from Balmuccia,
very injoyable Class 3 with waves, and some small drops.
For the afternoon we wanted to paddle some more exciting
part, so we drived up to the put in of Egua. Steep river with low water and
with a lot of rocks. It was almost dark, when we finish paddling.
Third day we started on the easy part again playing more in
the waves and eddies.At mid day we went to Varallo to have a walk, to see the
nice small town, after we went to paddle again.
We chose the Sesia river above Piode. Continous rapids with more water and with one realy big rapid, where we run the chicken line. A szakasz érdekessége volt, egy gát, melynél nem kellett átemelni, hanem egy beton alagúton lehetett lecsúszni a gát alá. Kinézetre nem volt túl bíztató, de gond nélkül lehetett átcsúszni.
Sötétedés után senkit nem kellett altatni, hamar eltette
magát holnapra kis csapatunk.
The fourth day we had to choose different direction. Our
friends stayed in the valley, couse they attended the ValSesia Kayak Festival.
We went for a short excursion, we had half day, before start driving back to
Bovec.
We returned to Bovec with a lot of good experience and nice moments in our mind.
you can find here more pictures:
http://socarider.com/sr2/index.php/en/kayak/67-kayak-adventure-in-the-sesia-valley
