Category: Canyoning

Gačnik is the longest known canyon in Slovenia. By some descriptions it says it takes 8 hours. It took us 7 hours and a half, top to bottom. There are very long walking sections. All 3 of us were done with it at some point. At the end you are very proud of yourself for doing it though. The anchors are in a good state.

There is still a sign that the canyon is forbidden. It is very old and the fine is stated in Slovenian tollars. Gačnik is located almost in the middle of nowhere and it is recommended you are with 2 cars. You save yourself another walk.

I am happy I can say I did this one. It is beautiful, not too technical, but very long walking passages. Thanks to the boys!

Another canyoning trip to Italy. Italy truly is a paradise for canyoning.

The first day of the trip – Val Tovanella (V4A3V).

Beautiful, quite slippery here & there and the water level was quite high. In some places too high for my liking. So we did some practice and built a zipline or two.

The next day we did Val Fogare inferiore (V4A4IV). It is a very very beautiful canyon, very diverse. Unfortunately, not really permitted. There are some negotiations about it apparently.

Some photos of me made by Rick.

The next day our friend joined us and so did the rain. We had to change our plans. So we did 2 short canyons – Torrente Cunaz and Torrente Chiavola. They were both shorter than 3 hours altogether, from car to car.

Torrente Chiavola (V4A2II) is a cute canyon, with a dinosaur footprint at the end. Normally it is done, when the surrounding canyons have too much water. So it was a perfect choice.

Torrente Cunaz (V3A2III) – it was nothing crazy special, but nice. In some spots there should be anchors added.

RIck’s photo session.

Thanks to the boys and Italy, of course!

Rio Macile or also known as Brussile (V4A4IV). Very popular canyon, with “proper” anchors and even SOS signs at each anchor. We did it in 3 hours, from car to car.

It is beautiful, but quite cold. The last rappel is 60 m and it is quite magnificent. Unfortunately, I do not have a great photo of it. I only have pictures from the top and straight up from the bottom (the bottom 3 photos).

Fun times!

Rio Pissanda (V4A2III) is 4.5 hour canyon (car to car) in Italy. It is a nice, continuing canyon. Meaning, not much walking in between, but rappel after rappel. The highest rappels are 25 m, 35 m and 40 m. It is quite slippery and the water is not the cleanest.

Rappelling was fun and not too technical. I enjoyed that it was not much walking.

This canyon is divided in 4 parts. We have done the third and the fourth. The fourth is apparently the most technically demanding of all the parts. Altogether it took us almost 8 hours.

Quite an adventure! Thanks, Rick.

Both canyons in one day. Rio Lavarie was the first one of the day. Altogether it took us around 2 hours and a half. It is beautiful, versatile lime stone canyon.

Rio Patoc is a short, but beautiful canyon. The whole tour took us around 2 hours and a half. We swam in the river on the way back to the car. Honestly, I did not enjoy it very much. It was shallow, so you were bumping on the rocks and the flow was pretty fast.

Thank you for another beautiful day in the canyon!

My second canyon of 2024. This adventure took us a total of 5 and a half hours. Walking up to the start of the canyon took around 1 hour. The fun in the canyon itself was around 4 hours.

Another fun canyoning adventure. Thanks, Rick.

My first canyon in 2024. Vertical 5, aquatic 2, combination I quite enjoy. I love vertical canyons.

Very vertical, just a nice amount of walking, beautiful views. Thank you, Rick.