the gauge is very hard to reach as you cannot get close enough.

here is a picture showing it that might help reading it. on that day it was at 30cm. you can barely see the 100cm mark. the top is 140cm.

to get an idea about the difficulties, you could inspect two features.

to reach the first, take the exit between the two tunnels. drive 500m upstream along the river until you reach a bridge. the feature is right there.

for the second feature, walk up from the exit along the river. the road is heavily weathered and barred. after 800m you reach the gauge. another 100m up and you see a cateract with big stones and quite some gradient.

the values for NW-MW-HW should be quite fine. but at MW this section clearly isnt III-IV. it is quite fast and the interesting first half is in a canyon and very hard to get out in cast of emergency.

my recommendation is IV.

Strafrechtliches Blockwurfwehr in Guillaumes nach einer Brücke!!! Schlechte Ausstiegmöglichkeit

Upper Frauenweissenbach:

Big tree in "Dangerdave line" .
Unrunable there.

Right line is ok.

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/vboyzat/photos/a.656985814319474.1073741826.167669879917739/2283534804997892/?type=3&theater

Achtung! großer siphon ca. 500m unterhalb der brücke in scopello. Wir haben ein Boot verloren, ist komplett unter wasser und nicht mehr sichtbar!

Bäume in Verblockung gegen Ende vor 4. Brücke, links umtragbar

Baum kurz nach langer Slide, Kehrwasser rechts, umtragbar

befahren am 20.5.2018, bis 4. Brücke (bei Vocaglia), 2x Baum umtragen

befahren am 19.5.2018, Verzasca Lavertezzo=15m3, unteres MW, Baum längs in der Stelle vor der Strassenbrücke ist noch drin.

Baum längs, ca. in der Hälfte der Strecke, rechts umtragbar

befahren am 19.5.18, Verzasca Lavertezzo=15m3, unteres MW, 1 Baum längs in Stufe, rechts umtragen

The manager of the hotel forestira valsesia is very upset about kayakers walking across „his“ property. If you want to exit above the gorge via the street in front of the hotel you should ask him nicely before kayaking.

Runs only when it's a lot of water in region. Short but really worth it. Could be paddled without portages on certain (higher) level.

We did this section without portages. Runs only when it's a lot of water in region. Short but really worth paddling
3x X is very pessimistic, I'd remove it.

LW/MW/HW must be 1.5x- 2x heigher.
This is not class IV-V by any estimate.
The picture is taken on 14.05.2018 13:30 - according to chart around ~80 mark, which is middle-high.
Whole section was more or less like this - clas III with low (low-mid) water.

I really wonder why is this huge unrunnable gorge (half of the section) is not reflected in grade of the section like IV-V (X). Everybody who thinks it's worh going - it's not.

in der ersten Hälfte (vor dem Wasserfallumtrager) bildet sich bei einer Lawine flussrechts ein Siphon. Zugehöriges Video: https://www.facebook.com/georg.draxler.3/videos/2048903258655566/

Mit zunehmenden Temperaturen wird dieser Siphon verschwinden.

Maut: € 10,-

Die Straße ist jedes Jahr von Anfang/Mitte Mai bis Mitte/Ende Oktober geöffnet.

Maut wird von Mitte Juni bis Mitte September kassiert!

Zufahrt zum Einstieg war am 12.5. nicht möglich wegen Lawinen auf der Straße.

Für die Schwelle bei der Tardisbrücke in Landquart soll ein Fahrverbot bestehen. Bisher ist aber keine Signalisation vorhanden. Guter Ausstieg rechts direkt nach der Einmündung der Landquart.