Alps 2003
10 days from mid June
A fantastic trip with a record number of sections paddled and a lot of fun. Great weather, many Austrian sausages , and a surprisingly large bar tab in Landeck. We even had time to chill at the top of a mountain near St Moritz, and check out the posh shops.
France
| River | Grade | Description | Advice |
| The Lech Valley | |||
| Lech | 2(3-) | Good warm up for beginnners | Excellent Scenery, but long and boring rapids |
| Landeck/Haiming | |||
| Imst Gorge | 3 | Good warm up for big water | Good fun, great playrun, one of my favourite rivers |
| Inn from Tosens | 4 | Good alpine big water run | Some great playspots |
| Landeck Gorge | 3 | Needs to be high, fun rollercoaster ride on big waves | Another favourite |
| Trissana | 3(4+) | Tight, technical run with a few testing rapids | Its quite long, take a picnic |
| Sanna | 4 | Fun run but a bit rocky | |
| Inn Shoot | 4+ | Full on big water | Much easier, but still scary at a lower level |
| Imst wave | 3 | Wave at the bridge a the end of the Imst gorge | Fun, retentive playspot, worth visiting if its sunny |
| Lower Oetz | 4(4+) | Fast and Big | Weir hazard |
| Upper Oetz | 4+ | Fast and Scary | Another favourite |
| Engadine | |||
| Schul's Gorge | 3(4) | Straighforward run in a scenic gorge | |
| Giarsun Gorge | 4 | ||
| Brail Gorge | 4+ | Difficult run in steep gorge | |
| S-Chanf Gorge | 3 | Easy but very scenic, caves etc | |
| Upper Rhine Valley | |||
| Landquart | 4 | Nice French Alpine style run | Several portages |