Canyon Bandia (superiore) in Piemonte/Italia v5-a4-IV 3.6/5*

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Country: Italia / Italy

Region: Piemonte

Subregion: Cuneo

Town: Pietraporzio

v5 a4 IV

6h15

1h50

4h

25min

1750m

1380m

370m

41m

1400m

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Summary: machine translated ➜

Alpine rappel canyon with a sporty touch, but above all impressive ambience.

Parts

Name

Difficulty

Approach

Tour

Return

Bandia (superiore)

v5 a4 IV

1h50

4h

25min

Bianco Bandia (inferiore)

v4 a3 III

1h5

3h20

5min

Summary: machine translated ➜

Alpine rappel canyon with a sporty touch, but above all impressive ambience.

Access: machine translated ➜

Either from the direction of Cuneo or from the Roya Valley we come to Borgo San Dalmazzo. From here we take the SS21 and go up the valley of the Stura di Demonte via Demonte and Vinadio, passing Sambuco. After about 43 km we reach the village of Pietraporzio, but already at the first house on the left we turn right at a sharp angle, following the sign "Moriglione S. Lorenzo". About 50m before this hamlet we park our car. Appropriate signposting prevents us from continuing.

Approach (1 h 50): machine translated ➜

Now we walk to the entry as marked on the map ("photo gallery"). Finally we reach the place where we leave the track to the right on a path (1900m altitude). Near the wayside shrine "I Pilone" we stand here at a viewpoint . The path first walks along the slope (it is also possible to continue on the slope for several hundred meters and then change to the path - there is a sign on a tree: "Gias Bandia"). We descend and subsequently come across peculiar small barrel vaults in the terrain. In the past, these were used as shelters (covered with earth) for the mountain shepherds on the alpine pasture. Above them was the stable for their animals. We could continue on the path until we reach the streambed of a side stream and go down in it until we reach the entry to the Rio Bandia (in this case, no orientation problems). However, we leave the trail at the first trunas and follow a track that runs roughly horizontally to the east. We cross a small stream gully and then descend near a solitary pine into the side valley of the Rio Bandia, where we can downclimb to the entry on the bank.

Tour (4 h): machine translated ➜

15 rappel in a homogeneous alpine canyon, which opens neither slides nor possible jumps, but gains its attractiveness from the ambience. "Schlüselstelle" is an exposed relay on the C41, which helps to avoid rappel in the stream. After the canyon opens, it is possible to descend mainly on the left bank outside the blocked streambed. Then we look for a poorly discernible track that leads out of the stream on the right. At the latest at a footbridge, where also an old water pipe channel starts, we leave the stream to the right. \n\nAlternatively, here you can "attach" the lower section of the stream (Rio Bianco/Rio Bandia inferiore) (see description for this).

Return (25 min): machine translated ➜

We follow the path and march to the houses of Moriglione di Fondo. From here a path leads us back to the car at Moriglione S. Lorenzo (see map sketch in photo gallery).

Coordinates:

Canyon Start

44.3618°, 7.06678° ↓

Canyon End

44.3514°, 7.0638° ↓

Literatures:

Map

IGMI 25/V, 79 Bersezio III-SO, 1:25 000

1:25000

Map

ASF 6, Haute Tinée-Val Stura, 1:25 000

1:25000

Map

IGC 7, Valli Grana-Maira-Stura, 1:50 000

1:50000

Canyoning Book

Canyoning dans le Nord Italie

Pascal van Duin

2011

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Canyoning Nord Italia

Pascal van Duin

Edizioni TopCanyon

2009

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30 plus beaux canyons Alpes du sud. Hubert Ayasse, 2000

Hubert Ayasse - Franck Tessier

Edisud

2000

Cwiki Canyon Info

Canyoning Wiki Link Bandia https://canyon.carto.net/cwiki/bin/view/Canyons/BandiaCanyon.html

Descente Canyon Info

https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon/2972

Ropewiki Canyon Info

http://ropewiki.com/Bandia

Gallery

http://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon-photo/2972/photographie.html

Gallery

https://canyonisme.net/2012/08/03/rio-bandia/

Video

https://youtu.be/gPzfGC8VeUs

Video

https://vimeo.com/47821233

AIC Catasto

http://catastoforre.aic-canyoning.it/index/forra/reg/PIEMONTE/pro/CN/cod/CN008

Unknown

http://www.altisud.com/vallee-de-demonte/rio-bandia-canyoning__i_gozkbmo1eqy__al_descente-canyon-fiche.html

Unknown

http://www.cicarudeclan.com/ita/a5_bianco.htm

Unknown

http://www.openspeleo.org/openspeleo/canyons-view-44.html

Unknown

http://www.canyoning.it/notiziario/bollettino14.pdf

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