Rain, snow is melting.
02/11/2003 17:21
Paddling in Belgium
Note that you can only paddle some rivers due to very strict laws in Belgium. (Info follows soon, meanwhile check the NKV-site.)
Waterlevels in Belgium
Links
- You can find info on the Dutch NKV-site about the waterlevels in the Ardennen (Daily update).
- For info on the 'Hoge Venen', check the Rur-level in Monschau on the German NRW-pegeldienst, if it's higher then 90 cm the upper part of the Rur, and some rivers over there, will be on ( update Tuesday and Friday).
- Another great source is the automatic gauge on the Lesse in Houyet. Phone 082/666318. Minimum level is 80 cm to paddle the upper part, but 100 cm is much better.
Water Levels (Waterlevels 2000-2001)
If there's any water and I know the levels or the forecast , I'll put them online.
2000
| Vrij | 12/05 | 12:00 | Prüm, Echters. (D) | 75 cm | Heavy local rain in the Irrel-Trier area, so there will be water this weekend on the Wasserfälle. |
| 12:00 | Ahr, Müsch (D) | 87 cm | Heavy local rain, unfortunately these local showers pump up the levels but they don't last long, so hurry ... | ||
| don | 11/05 | 14:00 | Zwalm, Nederzwalm (B) | 120 cm | Heavy rain has turned this little Flemish river into a playboating feast, considering this is normally flatwater. Low level is 60, nice winterlevel is 80. Had a great spinning time, sunshine, over 25°C ... The levels drop very fast :-( |
2000
| zat | 15/04 | 20:00 | Ahr, Müsch | 48 cm | pretty loooowwww |
| 20:00 | Lesse, Houyet | 78 cm | |||
| vrij | 14/04 | 16:45 | Rain
forecasted, but still little info on the gauges. The nkb-water page gives
no info 'cause their source, Met Wallonie, is down. Holidays? The Lesse is almost reaching the winter level, so there is water. Although the nwr-pegels aren't high. |
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| Lesse, Houyet | 79 cm | ||||
| don | 13/04 | 16:00 | It's finally raining a bit again in Belgium, but the the nkb-water page is down, so we don't know if the levels are going up. There is rain forecasted for Friday to Saturday night. So maybe this weekend some playspots will be on. | ||
| Lesse, Houyet | 69 cm | ||||
2000
| vrij | 31/03 | 12:00 | Maas, Dinant | 196.2 m³ | Will the hole in Donchery be worthwhile?? If it goes up over 200m³, it 'll be better. |
| Ourthe, Hamoir | 38.4 m³ | Lots of playspots on the Ourthe: Barvaux, La Roche and a great breaking wave situated one automatic weir upstream from the Mava-hole near Sauheid-Tilff | |||
| Ahr, Müsch | 82 cm | The wave in Bad Neuenahr should be on, more water would be nice. |
2000
| zon | 26/03 | Somme (Fr) | I guess surfing will be possible 'till 15u00, check the tide table. | ||
| zat | 25/03 | 12:00 | Maas, Donchery | The water in Donchery on the Meuse/Maas is low, there still is a little wave that is breaking a bit, but not big, surfing is possible, spinning apparently not ... | |
| don | 23/03 | 18:00 | It's been dry for some weeks now, several rivers are almost reaching their summerlevel, so it will take a lot of rain to pump up those levels, if we still wanna run any rivers this spring. | ||
| Lesse, Houyet | 67 cm | pretty low, isn't it | |||
| Maas, Ampsin | 206.4 m³ | some possibilities? | |||
| Maas, Dinant | 164.6 m³ | Is Donchery still on? Apparently very small ... | |||
Holidays, no forecast for a while. - Belgian paddling season is over, upper-rivers are closed. - Go for the playspots.
2000
| don | 02/03 | 15:00 | Lesse, Houyet | 136 cm | rising, rain expected tonight, so there 'll be water. |
| Lesse, Gendron | 58.1 m³ | rising | |||
| Maas, Ampsin | 592.3 m³ | rising | |||
| Maas, Dinant | 415.4 m³ | rising, spot Donchery on... |
| vrij | 25/02 | 13:45 | It
has rained a lot Thursday night 'till Friday morning, so there 's water
everywhere, but it going to be sunny this weekend, so the levels will drop
very fast! If you wanna paddle some stretches, Saturday would be better,
Sunday might be low, of course Friday would be the best. It isn't going to be cold, so maybe this will be a good weekend to go to that playspot that needs a lot of water, 'cause spring is arriving and those high-water-weekends are going to decrease in numbers ... I won't paddle, I'm of to somewhere else... |
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| vrij | 25/02 | 13:45 | Lesse, Houyet | 108 | rising |
| Rur,Monschau | 77 | --, can be paddled, but don't wait. | |||
| Ahr, Müsch | 81 | --, the wave is on, but again don't wait. | |||
| Prüm, Echtersh. | 83 | rising, water enough | |||
| Maas, Dinant | 399,1m³ | rising, the wave in Donchery should be on ... | |||
| zon | 20/02 | 16:00 | Amblève, TroisPonts | 84 | Paddled the Ambléve, was great, but the upper parts of little rivers in the neighborhood had not enough water. |
| zat | 19/02 | 12:45 | Lesse, Houyet | 161 | Water enough, should be fun, ... |
| vrij | 18/02 | 02:30 | Lesse,
Houyet Prüm,Echtersh. |
131 90 |
Rising,
the weekend brings rain, melting snow and snow, so there will be some
rivers on, a bit cold, but hey... For the moment there is 4-5cm of
snow on the Fagnes. Irreler Wasserfälle(G) at 90 is grade III+,IV-, The wave in Bad Neuenahr(G) is on at 70cm. The wave in Donchery(Fr) should also be on. |
2000
| zon | 10/02 | 15:00 | Lesse, Pont des Barbouilons | 120 | Bright, as expected, it started raining saturday afternoon 'till sunday morning, so all little rivers in the Lesse valley had sufficient water. There were some paddlers from Brussel, Leuven and Luik and had a time. |
| zat | 12/02 | 19:00 | Lesse, Pont des Barbouilons | 120 | Raining, water rising |
| vrij | 11/02 | 13:00 | Lesse, Houyet | 120 | Bright
Despite the rain this week, water is at minimum level, but there still is some. If it doesn't rain this weekend it's gone be scrapy. (Then you might look for a low-water-playspot.) A bit of rain and melting snow is expected on saturday afternoon, but we 'll have to wait 'till sunday morning for rain of any importance. |
| don | 10/02 | 14:00 | Lesse | 96 | Raining |
| zon | 07/02 | As expected, water was low, but there was some. So paddled a river at mini-mini level. Also played in La Roche and Barvaux. Short report |
| zat | 06/02 | Lesse | 92 | ||
| don | 03/02 | 15:00 | Lesse | 98 | It isn't raining a lot, but it seems that there was enough water last weekend to last 'till next. So maybe some paddling at minimum level. Otherwise you might look for a low-water-playspot. |
| zon | 30/01 | 10:30 | Hoègne, Belleheid | 95 | Great paddling in Hoge Venen, also in the Ardennes and Eifel |
| zat | 29/01 | 19:30 | Hoègne,
Belleheid
Lesse |
80
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The
snow is melting and it's raining on the Hoge Venen. Lots of rivers are ON
in East-Belgium. The Rur (G) should be possible. water is rising |
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| Elsenborn
saturday 29/01 15:58 Rain, snow is melting. |
Monschau saturday 29/01 15:00 |
| vrij | 28/01 | 17:30 | Still freezing, Elsenborn-7°C, Spa -2°C. There isn't a lot of snow anymore in Eupen, couple of cm's and only 10cm in Elsenborn (source KMI). When is the rain going to come? |
| woe | 26/01 | 23:00 | Still
no water, but there is over 20 cm of snow on the 'Hoge Venen', that is going
to melt this weekend, and it's also going to rain. So there
's a very good chance of water. In the Ardennes, there might be water on saturday, it's very likely that in the Hoge Venen the water will be a day later, 'cause it's colder over there. This is just a forecast, if it melts a bit later, the water won't come 'till monday or so... If it melts on friday then saturday will be fun... ??? |
2000
| zat | 22/01 | little
rain and snow, little water :-( go playboating on a wave :-), played on the Zwalm |
| zat | 15/01 | Maas, Dinant (Heer) | 259.7m³ | no
rain, little water :-( go playboating on a wave :-), 've been to Donchery, super, but cooold |
| vrij | 14/01 | 18:00 | Ahr,
Müsch (G) Prüm,Echtersh.(G) Lesse, Houyet |
46
60 82 |
2000
| zat | 01/01 | 20:00 | Lesse, Houyet | 129 |
1999
| zon | 19/12 | 13:00 | Lesse, Pont des Barbouillons | 138 | Paddled the Upper-Lesse, nice waterlevel, lots of snow, very beautiful, great playspot the crocodile, wave(hole) with stopper, almost a little Rabioux |
| zon | 19/12 | 05:00 | Lesse, Houyet | 198 | snowing lightly |
| zat | 18/12 | 19:00 | Lesse | 208 | dry |
| vrij | 17/12 | 21:00 | Lesse | 129?? | raining |
| vrij | 17/12 | 12:00 | Arh,
Müsch Prüm Rur |
71
82 62 |
But it started raining again |
| woe | 15/12 | 12:00 | Maas | 1017.8m³ | Flood, every weir on the Maas in France is totally overflowing and forms beautiful big waves, some with stoppers. BEWARE if the waterlevel drops again, the weirs become dangerous. |
| di | 14/12 | Rur
Ahr Prüm |
105
143 132 |
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| di | 14/12 | 10:00 | Houille, Fellenne | 140 | Paddled the Manise(Fr), ... was good, lots of water, some rocks. |
| di | 14/12 | 6:00 | Lesse | 226 | (descending) |
| zon | 12/12 | 15:00 | Rur | 155 | Hotel
Stern Monschau, in Kalterherberg bridge 75cm Paddled upper Rur(G), heavy shit, lots of fun,... |
| zon | 12/12 | 19:00 | Lesse | 230 | |
| zon | 12/12 | 1:15 | Lesse | 115 | Seems likes it's gone be fun tomorrow! |
| zat | 11/12 | 19:00 | Lesse | 105 | Heavy rain |
| vrij | 10/12 | 21:00 | What about? vague de Donchery??, Barvaux to low, Fonds des Quarreux to low, ... | ||
| vrij | 10/12 | 21:00 | Lesse, Houyet | 87 cm | Going down again, hopefully heavy rain on Saturday and maybe Sunday fun, but it's gone be a tight one ... |
| vrij | 10/12 | 12:00 | Prüm | 102 cm | Wooow, fun, surely III-IV |
| vrij | 10/12 | 12:00 | Ahr, Musch | 77 cm | The wave in Bad Neuenahr should be on. Phone. |
| vrij | 10/12 | 12:00 | Rur | 67 cm | A bit water down from Monschau, |
| do | 9/12 | 7u | Lesse | 95 cm | |
| woe | 8/12 | 23u | Lesse | 85 cm | |
| woe | 8/12 | 21:00 | Lesse | 83 cm | Raining and more rain is coming on Saturday, so maybe finally some ww-paddling this weekend. |
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