Chichin
verified
Ungraded
Unknown flood risk
Freissinières, Hautes-Alpes
Chichin rigs twenty rappels above Freissinières in the Écrins, the tallest of the canyon's waterfalls reaching seventy meters even though no single rappel needs more than fifty meters of rope.
Logistics
| Manager | Parc national des Écrins (Freissinières commune sits within the park's territory) |
|---|---|
| Permit | No permit or regulation record found. RopeWiki's infobox does not carry a Permits flag at all for this canyon and its Red tape section is empty. Descente Canyon's regulation tracker for this canyon has no entries. Freissinières lies within Parc national des Écrins territory, but the park's own regulation index (bivouac, motorized and non-motorized travel, fishing, gatherings) does not list canyoning as a separately regulated activity. |
| Distance | 1500m |
| Time | 5 hr-7 hr |
| Technical | 20 rappels, longest 50m |
| Season | Sep-Oct |
| Coordinates | 44.735, 6.4468 |
Sources
- permitType: https://ropewiki.com/index.php?title=Chichin&action=raw
- permit: https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon-reglementation/2265/legislation.html
- manager: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_national_des_%C3%89crins
- nearest town: https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon-reglementation/2265/legislation.html
- desc: https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon-description/2265