Canyon Esino (superiore) in Lombardia/Italia v4-a4-III 3.55/5*

Country: Italia / Italy

Region: Lombardia

Subregion: Lecco

Town: Varenna

v4 a4 III

4h25

20min

4h

5min

570m

320m

250m

22m

Rating:

★★★★★

3.6 (2)

Info:

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2 (1)

Belay:

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3 (1)

Summary: machine translated ➜

First hiking canyon with some rappel, then narrow and attractive gorge.

Parts

Name

Difficulty

Approach

Tour

Return

Esino (superiore)

20min

Esino (inferiore)

5min

Summary: machine translated ➜

First hiking canyon with some rappel, then narrow and attractive gorge.

Access: machine translated ➜

From Chiavenna on the SS 36 southward for about 40 km. At Bellano turn off onto the lakeside road SP 62 and continue south for another 5 km to Varenna. Before the stream turn left (Via per Esino) and go uphill in serpentines for 1.4 km in the (easterly) direction of Perledo, Esino Lario. At the exit of the straight, after the third bend to the right, in the left-hand serpentine, the road for Vezio turns off to the right (signpost). 100m before the bridge over the Esino, park the lower vehicle in the parking lot (600m from the turnoff at the switchback). With the second vehicle, go back 600m to the junction on the left and continue uphill for 3.6km. At the junction here continue in the direction of Vezio (SO). We now continue for 4.1 km high above the valley of the Esino and then park the second car on a small parking area on the right of the road before a left turn (about 220m before the waste collection point of Esino Lario).

Approach (20 min): machine translated ➜

Here we look for a path that leads us down to the streambed of the Esino.

Tour (4 h): machine translated ➜

After about 15-20 min. of hiking in or next to the streambed we come to the 1st rappel (15m). Then again about 90 min. hiking in the streambed with smaller steps before we enter the attractive narrow part of the canyon. Here once a strong contact with the stream can not be avoided. At the underpass of the highway the upper part of the Esino comes to an exit. Here you can get off or continue along the lower part.

Return (5 min): machine translated ➜

After the highway underpass turn left out, right over the bridge and 100m further to the car.

Coordinates:

Canyon Start

45.9949°, 9.31964° ↓

Canyon End

46.0104°, 9.2951° ↓

Parking at Entry

45.99681°, 9.3213° ↓

Parking at Exit

46.011122°, 9.293969° ↓

Parkplatz vor der Brücke

Literatures:

Map

Kompass WK 91 Lago di Como-Lago di Lugano, 1:50 000

1:50000

Map

CNS 287 Menaggio, 1:50 000

1:50 000

Map

IGMI 25/V - 17 Menaggio II-SO, 1:25 000

1:25000

Map

IGMI 25/V - 32 Bellagio I-NO, 1:25 000

1:25000

Canyoning Book

Canyoning dans le Nord Italie

Pascal van Duin

2011

Canyoning Book

Canyoning Nord Italia

Pascal van Duin

Edizioni TopCanyon

2009

100 Beschreibungen

Cwiki Canyon Info

Canyoning Wiki Link Esinosuperiore https://canyon.carto.net/cwiki/bin/view/Canyons/EsinosuperioreCanyon.html

Descente Canyon Info

https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon/22812

Ropewiki Canyon Info

http://ropewiki.com/Esino_(Upper)

Gallery

(30.08.2014, Susanne, Judith, Werner B., Markus, wolfgang) https://goo.gl/photos/ddo4HfVz1CopUGBFA

Video

(30.08.2014, Susanne, Judith, Werner B., Markus, wolfgang) http://youtu.be/CgJlVGkCpWI

AIC Catasto

http://catastoforre.aic-canyoning.it/index/forra/reg/LOMBARDIA/pro/LC/cod/LC016

Other Canyon Info

https://www.tntcanyoning.it/it/canyon-percorsi/anno-2017/esino.html

22.07.2025 Martin ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔ machine translated ➜

A short but very charming canyon and although in a city, a clean canyon. The end in Lake Como. We parked at the top and the return on foot about 30 minutes.