Havgas
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ACA 3B I
Moderate flood risk
Kavousi, Lasithi
A tidy two hour limestone gorge above Kavousi with a 49 ft maximum rappel, short enough to pair with a second Lasithi canyon in one day.
Sits about a kilometre from Mesonas, already in this atlas, so the two are natural same day partners out of Kavousi. Not to be confused with the separate ropewiki Kaviousou page, which is a different canyon roughly 45 km west in Heraklion. Rated 2.9 out of 5 by six ropewiki users. Most recent ropewiki condition report dates to 24 Feb 2015. Red tape field is blank.
Logistics
| Distance | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 377 ft vertical relief |
| Time | 1-2 hr total, 5 min approach, 1-1.5 hr descent, 5 min exit |
| Technical | ACA grade 3B I (v2a2 III). Maximum rappel 49 ft. Limestone, 1000 m long, 115 m deep, required 3.8 km shuttle. A short, contained descent with the lowest time commitment rating of the Lasithi entries. |
| Flood risk | Moderate. The a2 rating means water without serious current in normal conditions, but the drainage is small and steep, so it responds quickly to rain. |
| Coordinates | 35.1173, 25.8716 |