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Kleine Melchaa

verified Ungraded Unknown flood risk Giswil, OW

Kleine Melchaa — Alpöhi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Thirty minutes in, two hours of technical descending, then five minutes back out: Kleine Melchaa near Giswil is a short 200m canyon capped by a 30m rappel.

Logistics

Permit	No permit or access fee documented. RopeWiki's Red Tape section for this canyon is empty, and Kanton Obwalden does not appear to publish a canyoning specific permit or registration system. Treat access as unverified rather than confirmed permit free.
Distance	600m
Time	3 hr
Technical	longest 30m
Season	May-Oct
Coordinates	46.8378, 8.1957

Sources

permitType: https://ropewiki.com/Kleine_Melchaa
permit: https://ropewiki.com/Kleine_Melchaa
nearest town: https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=json&lat=46.8378&lon=8.1957&zoom=14
desc: https://ropewiki.com/Kleine_Melchaa
heroPhoto: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kleines_Melchtal1.jpg