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Val Tomè (Inferiore): Parking à l'entrée et à la sortie
2024-09-14: The slit without rope-eating stones. Cold water!
2024-09-13: 2 slides and an abseil. Last abseil big overhang and sharp edge. We did the upper part as well. It was a nice but cold day.
2024-06-01: All stands OK. C15/S9 cannot be jumped - gravelled.
Accès: From Locarno drive first ri. Maggia valley --> follow the road until the village Broglio --> directly at the end of the village there is a sign with the inscription Fusio 10km + bus stop Somprei where on the right a small road branches off --> drive down this road, cross the bridge --> further turn left and follow the gravel road past the stone houses until the next bridge at about 700Hm --> park here (exit).
Retour: This short but very beautiful tour is well suited for beginners --> after you have rappelled from the tree you go only briefly to the next 2. small rappel --> the following beautifully washed out pools invite you to slide --> other places can be mostly rappelled (but there are pitons for downclimbing) --> almost throughout the course you have the possibility to get off --> caution is advised at the last rappel point C15 --> here is an overhang + sharp edge --> then you could get off le or downclimb the last meters.

Val Tomè (Inferiore): Départ du Canyon
2024-09-14: The slit without rope-eating stones. Cold water!
2024-09-13: 2 slides and an abseil. Last abseil big overhang and sharp edge. We did the upper part as well. It was a nice but cold day.
2024-06-01: All stands OK. C15/S9 cannot be jumped - gravelled.
Approche: Climb up the already visible hiking trail next to the stream --> you can also take a shortcut and climb directly --> after a short time there is a wooden bridge --> you cross this --> over the large stone slabs you reach a tree where you can rappel about 15m into the stream (entry below the waterfall).
Tour: This short but very beautiful tour is well suited for beginners --> after you have rappelled from the tree you go only briefly to the next 2. small rappel --> the following beautifully washed out pools invite you to slide --> other places can be mostly rappelled (but there are pitons for downclimbing) --> almost throughout the course you have the possibility to get off --> caution is advised at the last rappel point C15 --> here is an overhang + sharp edge --> then you could get off left or downclimb the last meters.

Val Tomè (Inferiore): Fin du Canyon
2024-09-14: The slit without rope-eating stones. Cold water!
2024-09-13: 2 slides and an abseil. Last abseil big overhang and sharp edge. We did the upper part as well. It was a nice but cold day.
2024-06-01: All stands OK. C15/S9 cannot be jumped - gravelled.
Retour: This short but very beautiful tour is well suited for beginners --> after you have rappelled from the tree you go only briefly to the next 2. small rappel --> the following beautifully washed out pools invite you to slide --> other places can be mostly rappelled (but there are pitons for downclimbing) --> almost throughout the course you have the possibility to get off --> caution is advised at the last rappel point C15 --> here is an overhang + sharp edge --> then you could get off le or downclimb the last meters.

Val Tomè (Inferiore): Site de mesure du niveau d'eau

Val Segnara: Départ du Canyon
2025-09-13: Combined with Val Bianca. Everything is a mountain pass. Very slippery at the moment.
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2025-08-12: Short but beautiful descent, huge puddles and wild environment with a different rock from the other better known canyons in the valley
Approche: On foot we continue, turning left immediately after the village. Across the Torrente Anza, we go uphill on a narrow road for 850 meters, then cross the bridge and immediately down to the right to the stream.
Tour: Quite a wide canyon; somewhat slippery; when rappelling along the wall of the water drainage, the two pitons are only used as a safety measure to reach the chain anchor on the valley side, which is not visible from above. You can end the tour with a 13 m jump into the Torrente Anza. Here you can also use the large boulder to build a rope slide (2025)

Val Segnara: Fin du Canyon
2025-09-13: Combined with Val Bianca. Everything is a mountain pass. Very slippery at the moment.
2025-08-15: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Segnara (Quelle:
2025-08-12: Short but beautiful descent, huge puddles and wild environment with a different rock from the other better known canyons in the valley
Retour: About 50 meters downstream in the Anza, then out to the right on a fishing path and upstream on the covered canal to the bridge. At the church, cross the Anza through the village, cross the bridge again and return to the car.

Val Segnara: Parking à l'entrée
2025-09-13: Combined with Val Bianca. Everything is a mountain pass. Very slippery at the moment.
2025-08-15: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Segnara (Quelle:
2025-08-12: Short but beautiful descent, huge puddles and wild environment with a different rock from the other better known canyons in the valley
Commentaire: (descente_3)
Accès: We leave the SS 33 (Gravellona - Domodossola), which goes up the Ossola valley, through the exit of Piedimulera and we go west on the SS 549 in the Val d'Anza towards Macugnaga. After 10 km (from the SS 33 exit) we reach the village of Molini, where we leave our car and continue on foot, turning left immediately after the village. Crossing the Torrente Anza, we go uphill on a narrow road for 850 m, then.we come to a bridge over the Val Segnara.
Retour: About 50 meters downstream in the Anza, then out to the right on a fishing path and upstream on the covered canal to the bridge. At the church, cross the Anza through the village, cross the bridge again and return to the car.

Val Segnara: Parking à la sortie
Commentaire: (descente_4)
Accès: We leave the SS 33 (Gravellona - Domodossola), which goes up the Ossola valley, through the exit of Piedimulera and we go west on the SS 549 in the Val d'Anza towards Macugnaga. After 10 km (from the SS 33 exit) we reach the village of Molini, where we leave our car and continue on foot, turning left immediately after the village. Crossing the Torrente Anza, we go uphill on a narrow road for 850 m, then.we come to a bridge over the Val Segnara.
Retour: About 50 meters downstream in the Anza, then out to the right on a fishing path and upstream on the covered canal to the bridge. At the church, cross the Anza through the village, cross the bridge again and return to the car.

Baou: Départ du Canyon
Tour: A succession of small waterfalls and canyons. Quite a lot to walk. This canyon is somewhere between a water hike and canyoning. The biggest difficulty is the 15-metre high waterfall, otherwise the rest of the canyon can be negotiated without ropes. All difficulties can be avoided.

Baou: Fin du Canyon
Retour: Possibility to return via a walk of about two hours instead of taking the shuttle bus. At the exit of the canyon, take the right branch of the Baou (which is interrupted by a lock) and then a path on the right that leads to the D123 and follow the road to the car. (not very easy).

Baou: Parking à l'entrée
Accès: From La Palud sur Verdon, take the D123 to the junction just before it and then continue straight on to the Ponsonnet bridge over the Baou (IGN altitude 922 m). To use the shuttle, park your car at the bridge on the D952, which crosses the Baou where the canyon exits.
Retour: Possibility to return via a walk of about two hours instead of taking the shuttle bus. At the exit of the canyon, take the right branch of the Baou (which is interrupted by a lock) and then a path on the right that leads to the D123 and follow the road to the car. (not very easy).

Baou: Parking à la sortie
Accès: From La Palud sur Verdon, take the D123 to the junction just before it and then continue straight on to the Ponsonnet bridge over the Baou (IGN altitude 922 m). To use the shuttle, park your car at the bridge on the D952, which crosses the Baou where the canyon exits.
Retour: Possibility to return via a walk of about two hours instead of taking the shuttle bus. At the exit of the canyon, take the right branch of the Baou (which is interrupted by a lock) and then a path on the right that leads to the D123 and follow the road to the car. (not very easy).

Jabron aval (II): Départ du Canyon
2025-06-07: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Jabron (aval) Jolie canyon a faire en famille, mais plus du tout besoin de rappel . Une belle rando aquatique. (Quelle: https://www.descente-...
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2025-05-28: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Jabron (aval) Un bon débit, super petit canyon. Sortie en RD après le pont. (Quelle: https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon-debit/21...
Approche: Under the dam into the stream.
Tour: First it goes into the stream, which notches quickly, although not deep. Some jumps are possible, including the only (7m) rappel. From time to time there are deadwood obstacles to overcome.

Jabron aval (II): Fin du Canyon
2025-06-07: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Jabron (aval) Jolie canyon a faire en famille, mais plus du tout besoin de rappel . Une belle rando aquatique. (Quelle: https://www.descente-...
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2025-05-28: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Jabron (aval) Un bon débit, super petit canyon. Sortie en RD après le pont. (Quelle: https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon-debit/21...
Retour: After the exit of the gorge, go out to the right and on a path back to the car.

Gorges du Verdon I: Départ du Canyon
Approche: From the parking lot to the mouth of the Baou in the Verdon and there "boat in".
Tour: Only a few times a "nabada" in the Verdon. Seemingly dangerous passages can usually be bypassed. Watch out for obstacles under water, e.g. trees lying in the water. You can also get by with one vehicle if you use the charming footpath from Maline to the Couloir Samson parking lot along the Verdon as an approach route - take a flashlight for the tunnel at the exit! The following lower parts have also been canyoned, see . As with the kayakers, the siphon is the dangerous key section. However, you can bypass it as is usual for kayakers.

Gorges du Verdon I: Fin du Canyon
Retour: After the sharp right bend and the confluence of the Artuby there, continue 1.6 km in the Verdon and then out to the right and up to the footpath that goes up to La Maline (45 min.). Last exit point of the upper part - also up to La Maline - would be at the new suspension bridge.

Artuby aval (V): Départ du Canyon
2025-05-30: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Artuby Rien ne coule sur la plus grande partie du parcours. Mais il reste pas mal de vasques bien fraîches et avec une qualité d'eau encore bo...
2025-05-18: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Artuby Artuby top de gamme. Nous avons reequipé la partie des câbles moisis dans la sortie rive gauche du Verdon (câbles électriques) avec des...
2025-05-10: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Artuby Great conditions, a good flow of water from top to bottom, all Pools full and Long stretches of swimming. We exited on the path on rive...
Approche: From the bridge on the orographic right (east) bank approx. 400 m southwards. Follow the red (sometimes blue) markings that meadowed the way back to the bridge for the bungee jumpers in the opposite direction. Then descend via a metal ladder and secured rock ledges to the bottom of the gorge.
Tour: After descending into the streambed, pass under the bridge in still open terrain. Then a steady downclimb in polished rock formations until you reach the backwater of the Verdon. If the water level is good, there are long swims and small possible jumps. Difficulties only at siphon blocks. From here it is a swim canyon. Despite the lack of water flow, not without charm, especially in the ascent and descent.

Artuby aval (V): Fin du Canyon
2025-05-30: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Artuby Rien ne coule sur la plus grande partie du parcours. Mais il reste pas mal de vasques bien fraîches et avec une qualité d'eau encore bo...
2025-05-18: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Artuby Artuby top de gamme. Nous avons reequipé la partie des câbles moisis dans la sortie rive gauche du Verdon (câbles électriques) avec des...
2025-05-10: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Artuby Great conditions, a good flow of water from top to bottom, all Pools full and Long stretches of swimming. We exited on the path on rive...
Retour: After the Artuby flows into the Verdon, immediately after the rock face at its prominent bend (Mescla) about 100 m up the Verdon. Immediately after passing the rock face on the right (orographic left) side, turn right (east, later north) upwards. Climb through an 8 m high wall on steel brackets and finally come to a path that takes you to the right (in a southerly direction) to the road. Turn right again here and after a few hundred meters you reach the restaurant. If there is too much water in the Verdon, you can also ascend via a newly insured path on the orographic left bank. From the mouth of the river, ascend on rock slabs to the left into the forest, then always along the color markings into the forest. Soon you ascend along fixed ropes through steep scree before you reach the wall. Keeping left, climb through a chute, over a traverse and several steep wall steps into the Schofen area above (fixed ropes, possibly take ascenders with you). First turn right briefly and then cross out to the left on ledges. Always follow the color markings and cairns, otherwise it will be difficult. Ascent time 30-40min

Balène: Départ du Canyon
2025-09-28: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Balène Canyon sec présentant un bel encaissement avec des jolis petits rappels. Ne pas espérer le faire sans se mouiller les pieds et même plu...
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Approche: From the saddle, a clear path leads down to the left (in a southerly direction) and we come to the stream on it about 100 m above the beginning of the gorge.
Tour: Friendly short canyon with small rappels.

Balène: Fin du Canyon
2025-09-28: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Balène Canyon sec présentant un bel encaissement avec des jolis petits rappels. Ne pas espérer le faire sans se mouiller les pieds et même plu...
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Retour: At the exit of the canyon, we take the path up to the right (north direction). It leads us to a dirt road where we turn right (keeping right in case of doubt) to the car.

Balène: Parking à l'entrée et à la sortie
2025-09-28: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Balène Canyon sec présentant un bel encaissement avec des jolis petits rappels. Ne pas espérer le faire sans se mouiller les pieds et même plu...
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Accès: From Castellane (on the Verdon, on the Route Napoleon) on the D 952 via La Palud-sur-Verdon to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie (approx. 45 km).\nFrom Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, continue on the D 952 towards Riez. About 3 km after the village, we drive through 2 hairpin bends and come to a hill about 1 km further on. Here we turn right towards Montdernier. The road also leads to a campsite and the ruins of Egaras. 4.4 km after the junction, we turn left at a prominent tree in the road triangle onto a dirt road, ride slightly downhill for about 1 km, cross the Colostre stream and ride another 800 m in a left-hand bend up the opposite slope. We reach a saddle and park the car here.
Retour: At the exit of the canyon, we take the path up to the right (north direction). It leads us to a dirt road where we turn right (keeping right in case of doubt) to the car.

Ferné: Départ du Canyon

Ferné: Fin du Canyon

Ferné: Parking inconnu

Ferné: Inconnu
Commentaire: Arrivé de Ferné, jonction avec le Verdon

Clue de Saint-Auban: Départ du Canyon
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Commentaire: nach dem Tunnel durch die Öffnung im Geländer
Approche: From the bridge on the road first past the parking areas for hikers, climbers and fishermen at the site and left of the Esteron the road award.... Shortly after the tunnel at the break in the railing down to the right into the river.
Tour: Although you can see large parts of the canyon from the road, it is a very sporty hike that is not recommended for beginners. In some places, the abundance of water leads to backwaters and backwaters. The highest waterfall (a few meters after crossing under a rope bridge made of 2 steel ropes) should not be rappelled at more than 500 litres/sec, although you can rappel through it and come to a halt behind the waterfall. A (not easy) switch from the right to the left side of the gorge is recommended here, as well as a traverse to the left around an edge and with several intermediate hooks and a tree to a sloping slab from which you can jump. A rope ferry is also possible here and is used by commercial guides. Incidentally, they only use the rope twice for the rappel.

Clue de Saint-Auban: Fin du Canyon
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Retour: Where the canyon widens considerably and a side stream flows in from the left, follow the clear footprints to the left into the valley of the side stream and across a forest road to the parking exit.

Clue de Saint-Auban: Parking à la sortie
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Accès: From the valley of the Estéron we take the D 2211 direction St. Auban. Already before the village we park a car at the Maison des Services au Public de Saint-Auban. If we have a second car, we continue downhill along the left canyon rim and after a few switchbacks we reach a bridge over a side stream of the Estéron. A few meters later, we can park the second car in the open space on the left.
Retour: Where the canyon widens considerably and a side stream flows in from the left, follow the clear footprints to the left into the valley of the side stream and across a forest road to the parking exit.

Clue de Saint-Auban: Parking à l'entrée
Commentaire: die Canyonisten wurden bzgl. Parkplatz "ausgelagert"
Accès: From the valley of the Estéron we take the D 2211 direction St. Auban. Already before the village we park a car at the Maison des Services au Public de Saint-Auban. If we have a second car, we continue downhill along the left canyon rim and after a few switchbacks we reach a bridge over a side stream of the Estéron. A few meters later, we can park the second car in the open space on the left.
Retour: Where the canyon widens considerably and a side stream flows in from the left, follow the clear footprints to the left into the valley of the side stream and across a forest road to the parking exit.