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Bajos del Toro

9 canyons.

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  Barroso

  Short and savage Bajos del Toro descent under a 150 m waterfall, a 100 m free hanging rappel into a permanently shadowed shaft where the wind is reported to howl at 90 km/h.

  Bajos del Toro, Alajuela High flood
• 1C1 I

  Chemica Canyon

  Volcanic canyon to the Rio Toro, accessed only with a guide because the route crosses ICE utility property.

  Bajos del Toro, Alajuela High flood
• 4C1 III R

  Dos Torres Canyon (Mordor Integral)

  Integral linkup of Dos Torres into Mordor, 18 rappels and 8 to 14 hours, the longest committed descent in the Bajos del Toro cluster.

  Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Extreme flood
• 4C3 III R

  Gata Fiera

  Volcanic dam-release canyon with a free-hanging 60 m first rappel, the technical centerpiece of the lower Bajos del Toro cluster.

  Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Extreme flood
• 3C2 III

  Gata Media Canyon

  Six-rappel volcanic blue water canyon in the middle Quebrada Gata reach, with several jumps and a mandatory exit before a reservoir wall.

  Bajos del Toro, Alajuela High flood
• 4C1 III R

  Mordor Canyon

  Long technical volcanic canyon out of the Poas drainage, 14 rappels in sky blue acidic water, the deep-cluster headliner above Bajos del Toro.

  Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Extreme flood
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  Palomo

  Bajos del Toro ravine built around a very vertical 100 m waterfall taken in four rappels, then three more through forest down to the Rio Toro.

  Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Low flood
• 3C III

  Quelital Creek

  Seldom visited Bajos del Toro creek with seven bolted rappels including a 50 m fall, strung together by long stretches of slippery in-stream walking.

  Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Unknown flood
• 4A III

  Rio Seco

  Bajos del Toro drainage rated dry at 4A but finishing on a rappel longer than its published 90 m, a pitch that has already forced one party to ascend back out of the waterfall.

  Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Low flood