2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 15 Friday 3rd August: The Journey Home Many of us had wandered home at various stages. Some chose to explore little villages staying overnight at hotels and hostels to break up the journey. Others…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 14 Friday 2nd August: The Isere by Mike Fletcher Well, there was water in the river and it was supposed to be 30 Cumecs. After shuttling the car and van to the bottom, 3…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 13 Thursday 1st August: The Gyronde and the campsite move to the Isere by Nick C Five intrepid LCC paddlers decided to have a final run of the Gyronde before we left Argentiere. We…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 12 Wednesday afternoon 31st July: Lower Durance During the lunch break at the rafting centre, two vehicles were dropped at the municipal raft get-out at Embrun. Our 4th section of river today was to…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 12 Wednesday morning 31st July: Lower Guil to St Clement`s by Clara Clews

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 12 Wednesday morning 31st July: Middle Guil by Cameron Fletcher Soon after the first run, the same 4 drove downstream to the middle Guil, a continuous grade 4 section, stretching over 6km and containing…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 12 Wednesday morning 31st July: Château-Queyras by Cameron Fletcher This morning, 4 of us set out from the campsite early to run Château-Queyras, a run around 40 minutes away from the campsite. It was…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 11 Tuesday afternoon 30th July: Upper Guisanne The third river of the day was only for those with enough energy left and a little bit of nerve to paddle the grade 4, “S-bends” rapid,…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 11 Tuesday afternoon 30th July: Upper Durance by Mark Benson The Upper Durance offers a varied, mainly grade II run, to keep our mixed experience group entertained all the way down. Our second visit…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 11 Tuesday morning 30th July: Lower Guil to St Clement`s by Clara Clews The Lower Guil was still running at a good level, so we headed off to Clara`s favourite river. We carried down…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 10 Monday afternoon 29th July: Lower Durance “The Sunshine Run” by Amy After some lunch, we set off from the beach, the river running fast with big wave trains to follow down.  It didn’t…

Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) ONLY paddle at the docks Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) ONLY paddle at the docks every Thursday during the Summer at the Docks. 5 x Club SUP`s are available or you can bring your own. It is…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 10 Monday morning 29th July: Lower Guil to St Clement`s After returning to the campsite for a late breakfast we headed up to Clara`s River again to paddle down to the usual get out…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 10 Monday morning 29th July: Gyronde With an early morning start, we headed up the valley for the first of three paddles today. We parked at the campsite on the Gyronde for an early…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 09 Sunday afternoon 28th July: Upper Durance by Amy After the morning paddle, we headed up to the upper Durance leaving a shuttle car at the get-out near the tunnel above Prelles Barrage (Dam).…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 09 Sunday morning 28th July: Lower Guil to St Clement`s A group of us headed back down the valley to Clara`s favourite river, the Lower Guil. After shuttling a car to the get out…