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Chenal d'embarquement du Plan d'Eau de Montrigon. Photo: Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Chenal d'embarquement du Plan d'Eau de Montrigon

Kayak spot · France

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

77Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Thu 5: Wind 3 kn gusting 22, Air 7 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 76 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
5°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 77 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
6°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 74 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
4°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 80 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 77 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
5°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 79 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 73 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
3°C
Rain
2.4 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 176, good
  2. Mon 276, good
  3. Tue 377, good
  4. Wed 474, good
  5. Thu 580, good
  6. Fri 677, good
  7. Sat 779, good
  8. Sun 873, good
  9. Mon 983, good
  10. Tue 1070, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Chenal d'embarquement du Plan d'Eau de Montrigon
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov76, good4 kn18kn5°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov76, good4 kn15kn5°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov77, good3 kn12kn6°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov74, good5 kn23kn4°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov80, good3 kn22kn7°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov77, good2 kn11kn5°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov79, good2 kn13kn7°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov73, good1 kn15kn3°C2.4 mm
Mon 9Nov83, good1 kn19kn9°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov70, good1 kn17kn7°C14.4 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. The river's level is under In the water. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Chenal d'embarquement du Plan d'Eau de Montrigon

A launch on the L'Isère. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. 4 paddling schools, clubs or hire within 10 km, the nearest 1.5 km away. The town to stay in is Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Within 5 km we also list 3 kayak spots and 1 climbing area.

  • River L'Isère
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.
  • Schools, hire 4 paddling schools, clubs or hire within 10 km, the nearest 1.5 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,430–US$2,680 each

about US$1,430–US$2,680 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MXP, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,030
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$234
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$328–US$543
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$154–US$288
Totalabout US$1,430–US$2,680

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Bourg-Saint-Maurice

Closest

Bourg-Saint-Maurice

1 min by car · 31 places to stay

about US$121/nightcountry average

See 31 places to stay in Bourg-Saint-Maurice · Booking.com

About Bourg-Saint-Maurice its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 16h 30m

About 16h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MXP, direct, then 2h 55m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

River level

River level at L'Isère à Séez [Malgovert] - DREAL: its gauge has sent no reading in the last day, so check it before you go.

Bands are this gauge's own record: under its usual low, running, high, and in flood on its few highest days a year. Not a runnable range for the section: check before you go. River flow in France: Hub'Eau (hubeau.eaufrance.fr), data from the hydrometric services (SCHAPI, DREAL), Licence Ouverte 2.0. Credits

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits