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Riolan: Canyon Start
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2025-08-13: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Riolan Impressionnant comme ça a perdu en une semaine. Le canyon ne coule plus que par endroit et de nombreux bassins se sont vidés. La saison...
Approach: Straight down to the creek.
Tour: 1st part partly in the basement, no rappel at normal water level. With a lot of water 5 rappels. Exits with the arched bridge. Then running section. 2nd part increasingly narrower as it progresses. No too high rappels. Some slides and possible jumps after prior inspection. The water is mostly naturally cloudy due to the suspended mud.

Riolan: Parking at Entry
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2025-08-25: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Riolan Fait en entier, les dernières pluies font que ça coule un peu et qu'il n'y a pas de vasque croupie (Quelle: https://www.descente-canyon...
2025-08-13: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Riolan Impressionnant comme ça a perdu en une semaine. Le canyon ne coule plus que par endroit et de nombreux bassins se sont vidés. La saison...
Comment: Parkplatz beim Einstieg zur Riolan
Access: From Nice, head north on the N 202 towards Digne. After about 17 km, turn left at the Charles Albert bridge over the Var and take the D 17 up to Gilette and continue on a winding road behind the Esteron valley to Roquesteron (approx. 26 km from the Var bridge). 3.5 km after Roquesteron, turn left onto the D 10. After another 3.5 km, cross the bridge at the Riolan exit. Park your car at the exit. Take the second car back to the D 17 and turn left to Sigale. Through the village and uphill in serpentines. After about 3.5 km from Sigale we pass the old arched bridge deep below us over the Riolan and 500m further on we come to the upper parking lot (yellowed canyoning sign).
Return: Before the road bridge right up or after the bridge right to the road.

Riolan: Parking at Exit
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2025-08-25: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Riolan Fait en entier, les dernières pluies font que ça coule un peu et qu'il n'y a pas de vasque croupie (Quelle: https://www.descente-canyon...
2025-08-13: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Riolan Impressionnant comme ça a perdu en une semaine. Le canyon ne coule plus que par endroit et de nombreux bassins se sont vidés. La saison...
Comment: Parkplatz beim Ausstieg der Riolan
Access: From Nice, head north on the N 202 towards Digne. After about 17 km, turn left at the Charles Albert bridge over the Var and take the D 17 up to Gilette and continue on a winding road behind the Esteron valley to Roquesteron (approx. 26 km from the Var bridge). 3.5 km after Roquesteron, turn left onto the D 10. After another 3.5 km, cross the bridge at the Riolan exit. Park your car at the exit. Take the second car back to the D 17 and turn left to Sigale. Through the village and uphill in serpentines. After about 3.5 km from Sigale we pass the old arched bridge deep below us over the Riolan and 500m further on we come to the upper parking lot (yellowed canyoning sign).
Return: Before the road bridge right up or after the bridge right to the road.

Riolan: Canyon End
Return: Before the road bridge right up or after the bridge right to the road.

Baou: Canyon Start
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: Canyon End
Return: 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 at Entry
Access: 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.
Return: 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 at Exit
Access: 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.
Return: 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).