Vézère (haute) — Haute Vézère : Barrage des Bariousses → Pont Lapeyre (Treignac)
Vézère (haute) · Corrèze (19), Massif Central
Grade
IV
Type
gorge · dam
About
Classe III-IV (Saut du Loup, Chingeat). The most famous whitewater of the Limousin: granite class III-IV below the Bariousses dam at Treignac, venue of the first-ever Wildwater World Championships (1959) and again in 2000. The Saut du Loup weir-drop comes 200 m below the dam, then class III to the fish farm, a class IV gorge down to the Chingeat power station, and III to Pont Lapeyre. Only runnable on EDF releases — the local CD19 committee organises release weekends each year. Season: EDF releases only (scheduled release weekends, esp. the autumn 'Concentration Haute Vézère') or big natural floods Gauge reference: EDF release line 05 55 98 02 04; canoe-kayak-correze.com posts Treignac release dates
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