A mega unsupported packrafting / hiking daytour of no less than 58 km in the Belgian Ardennes (43 km paddling + 15 km hiking):
10h00 Departure Berguème - Ourthe Occidentale
12h06 Arrival small dam Lac de Nisramont
13h09 Stuck in ice on Lac de Nisramont - take out and carry
13h47 Departure Pont du Fays - Ourthe
15h15 Arrival Maboge
15h25 Departure Maboge
16h16 Arrival La Roche-en-Ardenne after 43 km of paddling
17h10 Departure La Roche-en-Ardenne after packrafting / hiking transition
20h13 Arrival Berguème after 15 km of hiking
Weather is dark and gloomy all day, with little wind and a temperature stuck around -2°C.
Note that a trip such as this is only possible under the right conditions:
- Flow on both Ourthe Occidentale and Ourthe between legal limits
- Preferably no wind nor precipitation
- Good physical condition as there is no time for prolonged breaks for lunch nor anything else
(Amberloup: 4.75 m3/s; Nisramont: 22.4 m3/s)
