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Creverino: Canyon Start
2025-07-05: all ok, convenient access path, mule track leads directly to water intake, access via first dip with shallow water
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Comment: Einstieg beim Wehr
Approach: The piste leads us, initially high above the stream, to the entry point at a dam with a water drain. We can also walk a little further along the slope and enter at the waterfalls (see photo gallery).
Tour: The short, narrow, meandering conglomerate gorge in the middle section with a few jumps and a 10 m toboggan makes up for the previously rather boring march through a flat streambed with a few tree-climbing sections. Last rappel: here a sling at the top of the tree. Clean but relatively cold water.

Creverino: Canyon End
2025-07-05: all ok, convenient access path, mule track leads directly to water intake, access via first dip with shallow water
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Return: About 100 meters after a last abseil into a slightly larger lake, a path on the left bank leads to the railroad underpass, where the second vehicle was parked.

Creverino: Parking at Exit
2025-07-05: all ok, convenient access path, mule track leads directly to water intake, access via first dip with shallow water
Access: Take the A-7 from Genoa in the direction of Milan to the north. Take the Ronco Scrivia exit and continue north on the country road towards Serravalle. Approx. 4 km after the exit, the road leads through a hamlet called Creverina. Shortly before the village on the left, a narrow road leads under the railroad to the stream. Park the lower car in a suitable place at the top of the road. Continue with the second car through Creverina and after the last houses, a very narrow road leads off the main road at a steep right angle to the left in front of an old distillery. Follow this uphill and then continue straight ahead at all junctions until the road makes a sharp right turn uphill. A dirt road branches off to the left. Park the top vehicle here.
Return: About 100 meters after a last abseil into a slightly larger lake, a path on the left bank leads to the railroad underpass, where the second vehicle was parked.

Creverino: Parking at Entry
Access: Take the A-7 from Genoa in the direction of Milan to the north. Take the Ronco Scrivia exit and continue north on the country road towards Serravalle. Approx. 4 km after the exit, the road leads through a hamlet called Creverina. Shortly before the village on the left, a narrow road leads under the railroad to the stream. Park the lower car in a suitable place at the top of the road. Continue with the second car through Creverina and after the last houses, a very narrow road leads off the main road at a steep right angle to the left in front of an old distillery. Follow this uphill and then continue straight ahead at all junctions until the road makes a sharp right turn uphill. A dirt road branches off to the left. Park the top vehicle here.
Return: About 100 meters after a last abseil into a slightly larger lake, a path on the left bank leads to the railroad underpass, where the second vehicle was parked.

Gandolfi: Canyon Start
2025-06-29: OK, water a little stinky in places
Approach: Steigen Sie hinunter zum Varenna, den Sie durchwaten, dann überqueren Sie die Brücke über Gandolfi und steigen Sie den roten Wanderweg X hinauf. An der dritten Furt sieht man den 25 Meter hohen Wasserfall, überquert diese Furt und steigt weiter (ziemlich steil) bis zu den Ruinen hinauf. Von dort aus geht es noch ein Stück weiter bis zu einem sehr großen Felsblock, hinter dem man leicht in das Bachbett gelangt. Folgen Sie den ganzen Weg über genau dem roten X-Weg.
Tour: Eine erste Passage mit 7 m hohen Felsblöcken, die es zu erklimmen gilt, führt zu einer 11 m hohen Rinne (3 Bolzen am linken Ufer). Nach 5 bis 10 Minuten Fußmarsch wird die Strecke etwas enger, es gibt einige schöne Abseilstellen (6 + eine kleine 3 m hohe Rinne). Man erreicht die zweite Furt. Weiter geht es auf dem Weg bis zur ersten Furt (nichts Interessantes in der Schlucht), wo man wieder aufsteigt, um eine letzte kleine Engstelle mit einer C10 zu überwinden.

Gandolfi: Parking Entry and Exit
2025-06-29: OK, water a little stinky in places
Access: Verlassen Sie die Autobahn A10 in Genova Pegli. Nehmen Sie die SS1 in Richtung Savona, überqueren Sie die Brücke über den Varenna und biegen Sie kurz danach rechts in Richtung Val Varenna / San Carlo di Cese ab. Fahren Sie fast 7,4 km das Varenna-Tal hinauf und in der Nähe einiger vereinzelter Häuser finden Sie auf der linken Seite ein Schild „Itinerario n° 2 Ecologia in città” mit einer roten X-Markierung. Sie können dort unten oder etwa hundert Meter weiter oben auf der rechten Seite, kurz vor der Bushaltestelle, parken (max. 3 Autos).
Return: Offensichtlich

Lerca: Canyon Start
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2025-09-29: Be careful when jumping, some of the rocks are not visible from above. A beautiful tour in the sun.
Approach: From the fountain, a track leads up to the right, which after a few hairpin bends then runs halfway up the orographic left bank of the Lerca. After 30 minutes you come to a junction where you take the mule track on the left. At the exit of a pine forest in a left-hand bend, where a mostly dry stream crosses the path, we continue for a few more meters. We come to a small wood; here a blue dot with a white background on a tree to the left marks the point where the tracks lead steeply down into the streambed of the Lerca (approx. 50 min. in total). The alternative access is via a path branching off to the right from the parking lot, which climbs steeply at first and then gradually becomes flatter. The path, which initially runs high above the Rio Lerca, comes closer and closer to the riverbed after a while, and soon you can descend a few meters into the streambed of the Lerca at a side stream (approx. 60 min. in total). The alternative access is scenic, but requires a strenuous ascent at the exit of the canyon (20 min.).
Tour: Starts immediately with a jump (6-8m), then walking passages, smaller rappels, possible jumps again and again. Escape option in the middle of the gorge to the right at a large pool (Lago du Mei). The key point is a 7m rappel in the water at a short gorge with a clamping block above.

Lerca: Canyon End
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2025-09-29: Be careful when jumping, some of the rocks are not visible from above. A beautiful tour in the sun.
Return: About 10 minutes after the last abseil point, you pass a small dam wall, where a path leads to the left. Alternatively, you can also descend the stream for another 10 minutes, past some pools that are very busy in summer. A path crosses the streambed here. Here you can either turn left uphill via the hamlet of Valconara to the parking lot in Case Soprane or - as an alternative - turn right uphill to the car.

Lerca: Parking Entry and Exit
2025-09-29: Be careful when jumping, some of the rocks are not visible from above. A beautiful tour in the sun.
Comment: für den Zu- und Ausstieg auf der orograf. linken Seite
Access: A-10 from Voltri (Genoa), exit Arenzano; take the SS-1 west towards Cogoleto, Varazze. The road reaches the sea after approx. 500 m and turns right over a bridge (Rio Leone). Immediately after the bridge, turn right and drive through an industrial estate. Not quite 1.5 km after leaving the SS-1, follow the road branching off to the right towards Case Soprane. Park the car at the exit of the hamlet near a fountain with a tap. For an alternative access from the orographic right-hand side, leave the road branching off to Case Soprane on the right and drive up to Lerca. At the beginning of the village, take a sharp right and head straight on up to the campsite. Below the campsite, turn right, past a chapel and a ruin (left). You can park your car on the left at a water cistern on the right (approx. 1 km from Lerca).
Return: About 10 minutes after the last abseil point, you pass a small dam wall, where a path leads to the left. Alternatively, you can also descend the stream for another 10 minutes, past some pools that are very busy in summer. A path crosses the streambed here. Here you can either turn left uphill via the hamlet of Valconara to the parking lot in Case Soprane or - as an alternative - turn right uphill to the car.

Lerca: Alternative Canyon End
Return: About 10 minutes after the last abseil point, you pass a small dam wall, where a path leads to the left. Alternatively, you can also descend the stream for another 10 minutes, past some pools that are very busy in summer. A path crosses the streambed here. Here you can either turn left uphill via the hamlet of Valconara to the parking lot in Case Soprane or - as an alternative - turn right uphill to the car.

Malanotte: Canyon Start
2025-05-29: Final part insufficient anchors

Malanotte: Canyon End
2025-05-29: Final part insufficient anchors

Malanotte: Parking at Exit
2025-05-29: Final part insufficient anchors

Novelli: Canyon Start

Novelli: Canyon End

Novelli: Parking at Entry

Novelli: Parking at Exit

Prialunga: Canyon Start
2025-09-29: Sehr schone schlucht! Wunderfull besser dann barbaira!!! Oben zwei wasserfalle sind sinvoll aufie zu laufen
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2025-09-28: Access to the upper part is very tricky. We really enjoyed the canyon.
Comment: Cwiki start // depart Prialunga sup. (descente)
Approach: From the car, continue along the road, past the driveway to the agriturismo and immediately after the bridge over the next stream, the Rio Scagion, turn right up steeply through the chestnut forest (signs: "Prialunga"). The path reaches the stream and swings up to the left. Here we cross the stream to the right and about 20 m after the ford over the stream, our ascent path branches off to the left from the mule track (small sign: "Prialunga" on the tree) and climbs steeply again, always marked in yellow. At first along the Rio Scagion, then swinging off to the right. Continue to the left at a large vertical pipe valve of a water pipe. The path now leads past a concrete water intake on the right and horizontally along a wall with beautiful views of the sea. At the exit of the wall, a very steep path leads straight up on the left (to the upper entry), which is still marked in yellow. You reach another water catchment point, after which the path becomes a little easier and less steep towards the head of the valley. When you can see the stream below you, a yellow spot on the rock below shows you the entry point.
Tour: Very fresh and clean water, but slippery rock. After an open start, the canyon cuts in and surprises with impressive drops, the highest of which is 28m. The upper part offers only 2 rappels (30 and 25 m).

Prialunga: Canyon End
2025-09-29: Sehr schone schlucht! Wunderfull besser dann barbaira!!! Oben zwei wasserfalle sind sinvoll aufie zu laufen
2025-09-28: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Prialunga (Quelle:
2025-09-28: Access to the upper part is very tricky. We really enjoyed the canyon.
Return: After a water drainage with a thick black hose follows another abseil from the upper surface of a large boulder through a channel-like narrow chute, then follows a pool of about 40 m in length to swim through. At the exit of this pool an inconspicuous path leads along the left side above the pool, which after a steep descent through bushes leads back to the pool. At the next large pool turn right and after 30 m you are back at the car.

Prialunga: Alternative Canyon Start
2025-09-29: Sehr schone schlucht! Wunderfull besser dann barbaira!!! Oben zwei wasserfalle sind sinvoll aufie zu laufen
2025-09-28: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Prialunga (Quelle:
2025-09-28: Access to the upper part is very tricky. We really enjoyed the canyon.
Comment: (descente_2)
Approach: From the car, continue along the road, past the driveway to the agriturismo and immediately after the bridge over the next stream, the Rio Scagion, turn right up steeply through the chestnut forest (signs: "Prialunga"). The path reaches the stream and swings up to the left. Here we cross the stream to the right and about 20 m after the ford over the stream, our ascent path branches off to the left from the mule track (small sign: "Prialunga" on the tree) and climbs steeply again, always marked in yellow. At first along the Rio Scagion, then swinging off to the right. Continue to the left at a large vertical pipe valve of a water pipe. The path now leads past a concrete water intake on the right and horizontally along a wall with beautiful views of the sea. At the exit of the wall, a very steep path leads straight up on the left (to the upper entry), which is still marked in yellow. You reach another water catchment point, after which the path becomes a little easier and less steep towards the head of the valley. When you can see the stream below you, a yellow spot on the rock below shows you the entry point.
Tour: Very fresh and clean water, but slippery rock. After an open start, the canyon cuts in and surprises with impressive drops, the highest of which is 28m. The upper part offers only 2 rappels (30 and 25 m).

Prialunga: Parking Entry and Exit
Comment: (descente_3)
Access: Leave the A 10 freeway from Genoa in the direction of Ventimiglia at Arenzano and continue on the SS 1 ("Aurelia") in the direction of Savona until Cogoleto. At the end of the town, turn right in the direction of Sciarborasca (directions! )\nShortly before Sciarborasca, there is a striking large building on the right below, which looks like a "Palace of Culture". Here a wide road leading down to this building branches off to the right. Opposite, we turn left into the narrow Via al Deserto and continue on a narrow tarred road towards Convento Deserto. 1.4 km after the junction with Via al Deserto, go straight on at a wayside shrine (sign "Eremo"). We cross a stream on a concrete ford to the left in our direction of travel and after another 1.4 km we cross another stream again in our direction of travel to the left and 400 m further on a very narrow bridge the same stream to the right. In a leftward haipin bend is the monastery "Eremo al Deserto". About 1 km after this, the road crosses the Rio Prialunga about 6.7 km after the turnoff in Sciarborasca. Here, just after the bridge, park the car on the right in front of a Marian shrine.
Return: After a water drainage with a thick black hose follows another abseil from the upper surface of a large boulder through a channel-like narrow chute, then follows a pool of about 40 m in length to swim through. At the exit of this pool an inconspicuous path leads along the left side above the pool, which after a steep descent through bushes leads back to the pool. At the next large pool turn right and after 30 m you are back at the car.

Rio Secco: Canyon Start
Approach: The best information is provided by the map from the ProCanyon description with the access marked in brown: http://www.canyoning.it/procanyon/secco/cartasecco.jpg . You should always look for the markers (blue dot on white rectangle) on this scenic access, especially where the trail gets lost a few times between the bushes in the upper third.In addition, the following. Info: From the parking lot, follow the exit trail upstream for about 30m, then cross the stream below the large but shallow pool and follow clear tracks up to a dirt road. Take this to the left, just past the house to the left across the meadow and up to a footpath. This brings us to the houses of the hamlet of Soggi (455 m above sea level). We hike through the hamlet and then take a grassy dirt road that runs almost horizontally in a wide arc across the meadows (first towards NNW) towards the Niederwald. From here we follow the path that leads out to the meadows at an altitude of about 600 m and in a wide arc, passing a ruin, to the stream.
Tour: Much rappel in the canyon, partly also in places where attractive rappel would offer. A necessary anchor (at the water drainage) is missing anno 2013 (alternatively from the tree). In general rappel outside the beam possible.in summer too little water flow ('Secco' = dry).

Rio Secco: Canyon End
Return: Either you climb right after the orange iron footbridge up to a slope and then down to the car - or you go about 200 m further until a clear path is visible on the right bank. Then follow this path downstream to the car.