Disceso ieri con poca portata. Armi tutti OK.

I went down yesterday when the water level was low. All gear is in good condition.

Disceso ieri con portata bassa, con buona portata alcuni passaggi diventano molto acquatici e uscire dalle pozze sicuramente non é banale. Armi discreti, sono migliorabili in alcuni punti, ma per il momento fanno il loro lavoro. Forra comunque molto bella con pozze anche belle fonde. Forse diversi tuffi fattibili, ma pozze difficilmente ispezionabili e acqua molto torbida. Usciti alla derivazione acqua e dal cancello scesi fin dopo alla casa in mezzo alla campagna. ca. 100 metri dopo la casa scende un sentiero sulla sinistra che porta direttamente alla macchina, comodo.

I went down yesterday when the water level was low; when the flow is good, some sections become very watery, and getting out of the pools is definitely no easy task. The anchors are decent—they could be improved in some spots, but for now they do the job. It’s a very beautiful gorge, though, with some quite deep pools. There might be several possible dives, but the pools are hard to inspect and the water is very murky. We exited at the water diversion and, from the gate, walked down past the house in the middle of the countryside. About 100 meters past the house, a trail descends to the left, leading directly back to the car—very convenient.

Please note: following the highest descent, a landslide has damaged some of the secondary anchors and rendered the lovely slide that follows unusable, as there are rocks just below the water’s surface. Further up, the situation remains precarious. The photos show the highest abseil and the slide in question

We had hoped that, given the almost total lack of snow and the virtually non-existent rainfall in the preceding months, the water level would be lower than normal, but we were wrong! Every descent is treacherous because it is very slippery, as is reaching certain anchors, even with a handrail. The anchors are often positioned on the ground or set back, which makes it difficult to retrieve the rope. Diving is not recommended as there are sharp rocks scattered haphazardly about! We gave up on the lower section, which is graded A5, as the middle section (A3) had already taken us three hours today.

Scesi con portata abbondante,volevam anche scendere la parte inferiore ma per noi la portata era eccesiva. Armi talvolta un po difficili da trovare e in posizioni um po scomode. Qui sotto due foto con portata normale/bassa e a destra quando siamo scesi noi

Descended with plenty of flow,we also wanted to descend the lower part but for us the flow was too much. Weapons sometimes a little hard to find and in um little uncomfortable positions. Below are two photos with normal/low flow and on the right when we descended

Perfekt waterflow, sunny day, no cold water, nice leave color. (drysuite)

We did it yesterday at 24.9 with lots of water. There aren't any particular problems because the last 3 rappels can also be done outside the flow. We used the website https://www.floods.it/public/Charts.php?Sensori[]=28159 as a reference. The normal level is about 0.060m (6cm), we covered it with 0.13m and if you are not familiar with the gorge, the descents in the flow are not trivial. (bubbling reception pools) Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

We descended the beautiful Val d'Ortiè on 15 August 2025. We added bolts in the first part (1670m-1575m) in two places (fix and ring), particularly on the first narrow 30m wet waterfall where we didn't actually see any old bolts (there should actually be an R7+R30). However, there is now an exposed L30 (you may need to secure yourself to reach it, as there is no handrail). Further downstream, we used a tree to overcome a few metres of difficult downclimbing. In the second part (1575m-1350m), after a flat section, the gorge gradually narrows with some very beautiful sections. Here, it is generally better equipped in some places (a few double bolts, but usually single, often new). At 1350m, a clear path (R) emerges. We tried to continue (small toboggan), but we did not find any anchors at the next obstacle, and in any case, the gorge is cluttered with many stuck trees! In general, however, some anchors are single with only a plate in the flow (bring some quick links to leave behind) or supplement with anchors to be positioned better or doubled up!

Ascended on foot in 1h on very comfortable trails (pfeifental hof, 5a, 2). Descended in 5h very calmly and in two people. (watch out for the black arrow on the guard rail for the entrance). In the middle big fallen trees slow down the progression a bit. In general good anchors (very recent) especially in the second half: attention only to check presence of next anchor before pulling down the rope (often you have to continue by rope). With high flow it becomes a challenging gorge (many hanging pools and rappels in flow)