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The Isel (German pronunciation: ⓘ) is a 57.3 kilometres (35.6 mi) glacier-fed river in East Tyrol, Austria.The river flow varies with daily and seasonal temperature changes, and the riverbed is constantly shifting, creating a unique environment.
The Sanna is a river of Tyrol, Austria, a left tributary of the Inn. ... The whitewater river is used for kayaking and was the site of the 1996 world championships.
Weißenbach am Lech is a municipality in the Austrian district of Reutte, Tyrol. Weissenbach is a long stretched village in the 'Nature Park Tyrolean Lech'. Here the river Lech has a very wide and mainly untouched river bed, where many rare plants, insects and birds live. Through the center of Weissenbach flows the Weissenbach river, which gave ...
Rafting equipment has continuously evolved and developed significantly from old rubber WW II era military surplus rafts. Modern whitewater rafts are typically made with advanced nylon or Kevlar infused plastics like PVC or urethane; though many of the more entry-level low-cost manufacturers still use a glued rubber.
The Petawawa River is a popular whitewater river in Ontario, Canada. A whitewater river is any river where its gradient and/or flow create rapids or whitewater turbulence. This list only focuses on rivers which are suitable for whitewater sports such as canoeing, kayaking, and rafting.
Uderns in the Ziller Valley. The Ziller Valley [1] [2] [3] (German: Zillertal) is a valley in Tyrol, Austria that is drained by the Ziller River. It is the widest valley south of the Inn Valley (German: Inntal) and lends its name to the Zillertal Alps, the strongly glaciated section of the Alps in which it lies. [4]
Later in 1986, Ged Hay began taking his body board down the Kawarau River near Queenstown while on his days off as a rafting guide. European riders also developed a foam version (called a hydrospeed) of the plastic board to reduce weight and avoid injuring each other during collisions that sometimes resulted from one rider travelling downstream ...
Hochpustertal in East Tyrol, Austria. The Hochpustertal (High Puster Valley, Italian: Alta Pusteria) is the easternmost part of the Puster Valley, stretching from the watershed of the Rienz and Drava rivers at Niederdorf in South Tyrol down the Drava to Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria. The area includes the Sexten and Prags side valleys.