A Whitewater guide to the rivers of chile

Rio Caunehue

A short burst of paddling in the Futrono Zone. Best during highwater springtime run off or after periods of sustained rain.

Caunehue whitewater
This short class IV+ stretch is on the northern shore of Lago Ranco just east of the town of Futrono in Chile’s recently created Region XIV aptly called Region de Los Rios. [...]

Posted on December 11th, 2009 by Valentin
Filed under: Region XIV De Los Rios, chile, class 4 | Comments Off

Rio Trafanpulli

A rumbling steep creek coming off the permanent snowfields of Nevados de Solipulli is the Rio Trafanpulli. In local Mapadungo language the meaning is “junction of the valleys”.

French kayaker Valentin Grollemund
I first started looking at this creek in 1995 but it was not until 2009 that I was able to get back to run [...]

Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by kurt casey
Filed under: Region IX, chile, class 4, class 5, pucon | No Comments »