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River Soča

• Source of: karst source near village Koča pri izviru Soče
• Lenght of river in km: 127
• Difficulty:
  

  	Part	river km	Difficulty
  upper	bridge Vršič - first gorge	126 - 115	WW III (3x X)
  	first gorge	115 - 113	WW V-VI
  	gorge - bridge Bovec	113 - 105	WW II-III (V)
  middle	bridge - begin of canyon Soca	105 - 96.5	WW II
  	begin of canyon Soca - bridge u Trnova	96.5 - 93	WW III-IV
  	slalom part	93 - 92.5	WW IV+
  	big canyon of Soca	92.5 - 90.5	WW V-VI (X)
  	end of canyon - bridge Kobarid	90.5 - 87	WW III-IV
  	bridge - lake	87 - 70	WW I-II
  bottom	lake	70 - 67	ZWA
  	drought	67 - 49	-
  	border with Italia	49 - 38	WW I
  	border with Italia - mouth into Jadranu	38 - 0	ZW

  
  

• Conditions: the best river of Slovinia - deep valley and gorges. River has many blocking places and some impassable. First 4 km has drop up to 40 %o with big stones and high weirs. In this time you must pay for ship (kayak 1,7 EU, kanu 14 EU, raft 56 EU) and time for ship is only between 9 to 18 hours! More info: www.bovec.si. Actual water level www.kayak.at with bad limits (60 is optim water).
• When, who, how long, type of boat:
  

  Part	when	Water gauge	type of boat	recommended for	speed of flow
  upper	first 4 km to end of spring, next all years	town Žaga: 50, for rafts with 5 persons and more - min. 75	kayak, raft, then kanu	experts	7 - 8 km/h
  middle		Žaga - MV (LW) 30, VV (HW) 150	kayak, raft	experts	8 - 9 km/h
  bottom			open boat	beginners	4 - 5 km/h

  
  
• Character of river:
  

  Part	width or character	countryside
  upper	up to 12m, in gorges up to 3m	nice gorge, moutains and canyons
  middle	12 - 20m (občasné zúžení)
  bottom

  
  
• The best part: upper and middle
• Dangerous part: by high water and entre to second gorge. New siphone hidden behind big stone maybe 500m in front of slalom part.!
• Usual put in and take off point:
• Continue on river: Koritnica
• Access to river: road seldom
• Camps: river traverses in national park with limits for free camping. Only in Bovec and Kobarid - 5 or 6,- euro person/night. (Add new link)