Catamaran rafting on the Kitenjoki River

Telephone: 8 (911) 431-70-88. ICQ: 628-313-149

An expedition to the river is not a simple standard alloy, where everything is clear and clear. There every day promises new discoveries and adventures, there are unknown thresholds for us.
Kitenjoki is practically unexplored because it is lost in the wilds of the Northern Ladoga, which means that the joy of its discovery will belong to us! Let's start with Kitenjoki!
Dates of arrivals: 30.04-02.05.2011; 07.05-09.05. 2011

Length: 28 km
Group: From 5 people
Tour programme:

1 day
Meeting of the group at the railway station in Lodeiny Pole (train No. 18). Transfer to the beginning of the alloy (290 km). Breakfast at the cafe on the way. Safety briefing. Equipment preparation. Alloy until then. Potakoski. In front of the lake formed by the support of the GRES, a short threshold in the rock bed, with large stones in the center. On the left bank there are extensive rocky exits, a flat granite plateau surrounded by a pine forest. Lunch. Rolling on the threshold, training runs. Plesh crossing on an artificial lake until now. Pitkakoski (5 km). Threshold inspection. Dinner, overnight in the field at the door.

2 days
Breakfast. Alloy preparation. Here is the most interesting object on the river: the threshold in the bypass channel of the GRES No. 18. The power plant itself is built in the left (perhaps artificial?) sleeve; the building is old, still Finnish. The elevation difference in the dam of the GRES is a record for the Northern Ladoga region - more than 25 m! Interestingly, the Finns broke through a tunnel in the rocks through which water enters the turbines. GRES supplies electricity to Sortavala. Depending on the water level and the preparedness of the group, the instructor decides to pass the threshold or circle it. Passing the Pitkjakoski threshold (long threshold). Lunch is on its way.
The right duct at the very beginning is fenced with a concrete bar, water pours through it throughout the width into large water. The height of the vertical drain is about 4-5 m. Immediately behind the dam, the channel narrows sharply and the river enters the canyon. After 150 m, the climactic site is a series of powerful drains on rock slabs. The plum height is 2-3 m. Then the river turns sharply to the right, the jet hits a high vertical rock lion. Shore. Then turn 90 gr. to the left, further about 1 km of continuous powerful Shiwera. Then the pore alloy. Rampankoski, pore. (12 km) Dinner, overnight in the field.

3 days
Breakfast. Alloy preparation. Pore riding. Nieminkoski. End of alloy near p. Tuoxlahti. Transfer to the station in Lodeynoe Pole (260 km.) Departure by evening trains (No. 17,381).

Cost: 7200 rubles. Man.

The price includes: transfers under the program, the work of instructors, insurance, meals under the program.
Rental of equipment for alloying: catamarans, oars, helmets, life jackets, sealed packaging.
Rental of equipment for the camp: campfire equipment, tents, sleeping bags, thermal insulation mats.



Food and accommodation on the route in the field.

The route schedule and parking places can be adjusted on site depending on the weather and condition of the group. The decision to pass or bypass the thresholds of 3-4 hp depends on the water level and the readiness of the group.