A typical mountain stream, it is not a deep gorge. It features sections where you walk, optional dives of over 10 meters, exposed handrails, and rappels of up to 30 meters. It should be explored during dry periods, as the flow rate is several cubic meters per second.

A typical mountain stream, it is not a deep gorge. It features sections where you walk, optional dives of over 10 meters, exposed handrails, and rappels of up to 30 meters. It should be explored during dry periods, as the flow rate is several cubic meters per second.

Take the exit for Scurelle from State Highway SS47. Leave your car near the Carzano hydroelectric plant https://maps.app.goo.gl/hLFYUTA8M1a3RtPp9 for the return trip. The entrance parking lot is located along the road to “Val Campelle,” following the signs for Rifugio Crucolo.

From the parking lot, continue uphill for 100 m along the main road until you reach a right-hand curve. Climb over the guardrail and descend toward the stream—first straight ahead, then keeping to the right—entering a debris-filled channel that leads you into the stream bed. Continue down until you reach an artificial weir, which marks the start of the canyon.

The route begins with a few dives and short rappels leading to the central part of the canyon, which is the most technically challenging section. This stretch involves traversing a handrail over 10 meters long, first uphill and then downhill; at the end of the handrail, there is a 5-meter rappel down to an awkward belay station. From here, a subsequent 10-meter rappel takes you to a small ledge from which you jump. Afterward, the canyon continues more gently, alternating between walking and rappelling (some on a trail out of the water).

When the stream levels out and becomes uninteresting, you’ll first come to the trail and then the road that leads back to the hydroelectric plant.

Several cubic meters per second. Only attempt in dry periods.