Community data

Every note has a date, a place, and a paddler behind it.

Every photo, hazard, and access note is tied to a place and a date — so you can see what's recent, confirm what's still true, and flag what's changed since you were last there.

RiverLaunch.app river panel for Afon Tryweryn with tabs for rapids, hazards, access and photos, and a live gauge reading 0.83 metres.

How it stays fresh

Built to show its age.

  • Reports that fit what you're sharing — hazards, access notes, condition reports, and photos each capture the right detail, and the ones that go stale fastest are flagged first.
  • Freshness you can see — recent reports, last-confirmed dates, and staleness flags tell you at a glance whether information can still be trusted.
  • Looked after by the community — confirmations, disputes, and light moderation keep sensitive and safety-relevant information honest.

What you can add

Contributions with structure.

Hazards, with the detail that matters

Each hazard carries its type, severity, the date it was seen, evidence photos, and how many paddlers have confirmed it.

Access notes, practical and sensitive

Access notes cover the practical stuff and the sensitive stuff — parking, permissions, licences, and local access etiquette.

Photos, pinned to the real thing

Every photo is attached to a river, access point, hazard, or report, so you know exactly what you're looking at.

A grid of nine paddler photos on the Afon Tryweryn river page — rapids, slalom gates, and access points at different water levels.
Paddler photos on the Afon Tryweryn river page — each one attached to the river, an access point, or a hazard.

Safety language matters to us. RiverLaunch shows recent reports, known hazards, last-confirmed dates, and how certain we are — and never tells you a river is safe, approved, or guaranteed to be passable. The decision is always yours, on the day.

Add what you find

Paddled it? Improve the map.

Add a report, a photo, or a hazard from the bank — even with no signal, it syncs when you're back — and keep the information fresh for the next crew.

Open the early-access app

Contributions are moderated before they're shown as confirmed.