Tour (6 h):
***Nuccí-express - entrance alt. 1210m / shortest version with 500m. elevation loss - via Ciol Bevador***
Leave trail 385 at alt. 1300m., traverse down to tributary Ciol Bevador (mostly dry) at entrance alt. 1210m. (blue markings lead the way)
1 natural anchor/tree with rope & quicklink, right bank, 35m
1 bolt, right bank, 10m
1 bolt with ring (+ old ones), right bank, double drop, 35m
1 bolt with ring (+ old ones), right bank, 30m
Traverse right into the main gorge
2 bolts one with ring, left bank, 25m
1 bolt with ring (mid-belay station), right bank, 15m
1 bolt, left bank, 6m or slide
2 bolts, left bank, 12m (top of the 67m waterfall = possible with 70m ropes)
OR: 1 chain, room for two persons, left bank, 55m, recommended.
OR: 'emergency bolt', right bank, far, on a boulder on the ledge, at around -25m from the top
Downclimb 5m
1 bolt + ring, left bank, 10m
1 bolt + ring, left bank, 12m
2 bolts one with ring, left bank, 20m
1 bolt + ring, left bank, 12m
1 bolt + ring, right bank, 15m
2 bolts one with ring + natural anchor, left bank, 25m
2 bolts one with ring, left bank, 15m
1 bolt, right bank, 12m
1 natural anchor/trees, right bank, 25m
1 bolt, right bank, 12m
1 bolt left bank, or natural anchor right bank, 15m
1 bolt, left bank, 6m
1 bolt, right bank, 17m (2 lines at different locations)
2 bolts one with ring, in the middle, 15m
2 bolts, right bank, 20m (Arrival of another tributary to Nucci)
1 natural anchor, in the middle, 12m
1 natural anchor, right bank, 12m
1 bolt, left bank, 15m
***Nucci integrale*** entrance alt. 2000m.
Downclimb to alt. 1900m.
1 bolt, with easily recognisable orange rope as quicklink, in the middle, 45m
1 bolt (cert.), left bank, 60m
1 bolt, with orange rope, left bank, 22m
Downclimb 15m
1 bolt + ring, right bank, 10m
1 natural anchor, in the middle, 15m
1 bolt + ring, right bank, 22m
Snowremains, but canyon dry
Downclimb 5m
1 bolt + ring, in the middle, 55m
Large snowremains
1 bolt, right bank, 30m
1 bolt + ring, in the middle/below a platform, 30m
Horizontal avalanche alley below the remarkable Pale de Candele, walk
1 natural anchor, left bank, 45m
Tributary right bank + source
1 bolt + ring, right bank, 45m
1 bolt + quicklink, right bank, 25m to a platform
1 bolt + quicklink, left bank, 65m to a big platform
1 bolt + quicklink, right bank 20m, overhanging (fragile rock)
Downclimb, right bank, 20m
Downclimb some more
1 natural anchor, left bank, 20m
1 bolt + ring, right bank, 5m
1 bolt + ring, left bank, 12m
1 bolt + ring, right bank, 65m
Walk and downclimb (escape left bank, traversing out, alt.1200-1300 backtracking blue markings/cairns to trail 385 of the normal approach)
1 bolt + quicklink, left bank, 20m
1 bolt + quicklink, left bank, 20m (stuck rocks)
1 natural anchor, right bank, 5m
1 bolt, in the middle, 26m
1 natural anchor, right bank, 20m (or downclimb/jump)
Dry tributary Ciol Bevador left bank, marks entrance of Nucci-express (no escape)
2 bolts one with ring, left bank, 25m
1 bolt with ring (mid-belay station), right bank, 15m
1 bolt, left bank, 6m or slide
2 bolts, left bank, 15m (top of the 67m waterfall = possible with 70m ropes)
OR: 1 chain with room for two persons, left bank, 55m, recommended
OR: 'emergency bolt', right bank, far, on a boulder on the ledge, at around -25m
Downclimb 5m
1 bolt + ring, left bank, 10m
1 bolt + ring, left bank, 12m
2 bolts one with ring, left bank, 20m
1 bolt + ring, left bank, 12m
1 bolt + ring, right bank, 15m
2 bolts one with ring + natural anchor, left bank, 25m
2 bolts one with ring, left bank, 15m
1 bolt, right bank, 12m
1 natural anchor/trees, right bank, 25m
1 bolt, right bank, 12m
1 bolt left bank, or natural anchor right bank, 15m
1 bolt, left bank, 6m
1 bolt, right bank, 17m (2 lines at different locations)
2 bolts one with ring, in the middle, 15m
2 bolts, right bank, 20m (Arrival of another tributary to Nucci)
1 natural anchor, in the middle, 12m
1 natural anchor, right bank, 12m
1 bolt, left bank, 15m