Orino
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ACA 3B I
Moderate flood risk
Orino, Lasithi
The best drop per minute on this list: an 82 ft rappel packed into 500 m of canyon right below the village of Orino, done inside an hour.
Named for the village directly above it. No shuttle needed, which combined with the one hour round trip makes it the easiest logistics of any canyon in this batch. Ropewiki restricts the season to spring. Most recent ropewiki condition report dates to 25 Apr 2015. Red tape field is blank.
Logistics
| Distance | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 361 ft vertical relief |
| Time | 1 hr total, 5 min approach, 45 min descent, 15 min exit |
| Technical | ACA grade 3B I (v3a2 I). Maximum rappel 82 ft, which is a lot of drop for a canyon only 500 m long. Limestone, 110 m deep, no shuttle. The commitment rating of I is the lowest in this batch, so escape is straightforward. |
| Season | Spring |
| Flood risk | Moderate. An a2 rating and a spring only season on ropewiki point to a canyon that holds water when the snowmelt is running and little the rest of the year. |
| Coordinates | 35.069, 25.9147 |
Sources
- ropewiki: https://ropewiki.com/Orino
- tech: https://ropewiki.com/Orino
- canyoneering grade: https://ropewiki.com/Orino
- season: https://ropewiki.com/Orino
- nearest town: https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=jsonv2&lat=35.069&lon=25.9147&zoom=14
- beta: http://descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon-description/23129