Canyon Pussy amont in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes v3-a3-III 3/5*

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Country: France

Region: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Subregion: Savoie / Savoy

Town: La Léchère

v3 a3 III

2h42

2min

2h

40min

700m

555m

145m

16m

2x20m

9

550m

Car optional

Rating:

★★★★★

3 (1)

Info:

★★★

1 (1)

Belay:

★★★

2 (1)

Summary: machine translated ➜

Part I of a short but watery rappel canyon, well frequented. II. Parts forbidden due to discharge of contaminated water.

East

Summary: machine translated ➜

Part I of a short but watery rappel canyon, well frequented. II. Parts forbidden due to discharge of contaminated water.

Access: machine translated ➜

see google maps link under "Links"

Approach (2 min): machine translated ➜

Directly above the bridge over private property (2020 permitted)

Tour (2 h): machine translated ➜

Small battle with the water masses, but no problems. 1 ropes ferry (therefore longer rope)

Return (40 min): machine translated ➜

Up the iron ladders on the embankment and to the road in the left-hand serpentine; instead of moving, it is better for one person to wait here with all the luggage and the other to fetch the car.

Coordinates:

Canyon Start

45.550366°, 6.455561° ↓

Canyon End

45.549735°, 6.46193° ↓

hier Ausstieg vorgeschrieben

Parking Entry and Exit

45.55049°, 6.45601° ↓

Literatures:

Canyoning Book

Les canyons de Savoie

Patrick Chollot

Eigenverlag

2019

978-2-9530939--1-9

Savoie + Bonus Haute Savoie (insgesamt 132 Beschreibungen)

Canyoning Book

Le tour de l´Europe en Canyon. Les plus belles descentes

Stéphane Coté / Caracal et les Sancho Panza

2007

124 Canyon-Beschreibungen

Canyoning Book

Descentes de canyons en Savoie

F. Martin - C. Altazin

LES TECKELS

2007

978-2-9528935-0-3

28 Beschreibungen

Map

Zufahrt von Albertville zum Parkplatz im Ort Pussy https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Albertville,+73200,+Frankreich/45.5506385,6.4562951/@45.6017457,6.3403233,17393m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!4m7!1m5!1m1!1s0x478bc30913f57c6f:0x128d1550610e8157!2m2!1d6.392726!2d45.675535!1m0

Descente Canyon Info

https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon/2130/Pussy-1ere-partie.html

Ropewiki Canyon Info

http://ropewiki.com/Pussy_(Part_1)

Other Canyon Info

mit Topo-Zeichnung http://via.ferrata.alpes.free.fr/html/Les%20canyons/Pussy.htm

Other Canyon Info

http://secja.blogspot.com/2009/08/acceso-inmediato.html

Gallery

(26.07.2020, Werner, wolfgang) https://photos.app.goo.gl/5SZXCRDqVvLcuRh76

Video

(26.07.2020, Werner, wolfgang) ich mußte Namen eines nahe geleg, Ortes nehmen, da youtube "Pussy" nicht akzeptieren wollte ... https://youtu.be/vPKqeiwg6gw

01.06.2025 Pepijn Hoeksema ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 High Completed ✔

Go in downstream of the bridge. Track need some maintenance. Anchors are not the best, mostly for normal water levels. On our trip the water was a little higher. What was nice. We used a floating anchor in some places.

Other users were: stijn van de Ven