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Haute-Savoie

7 canyons.

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  Angon

  A 250 meter limestone drop above Lake Annecy near Talloires-Montmin, built around a 45 meter rappel and usually run in about five hours.

  Talloires-Montmin, Haute-Savoie Unknown flood
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  Arpenaz

  The biggest vertical descent in this batch: a thousand meters of relief packed into just over two kilometers in Haute-Savoie, headlined by a 60 meter rappel and typically a full day out, about ten hours end to end.

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  Fours (Upper)

  Torrent des Fours drops 490 meters over a kilometer via a single 90 meter rappel, the tallest in this batch, reached only after a two and a half to three hour approach.

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  Salvadon

  A 400 meter drop over three quarters of a kilometer in Haute-Savoie, built around a 70 meter rappel and typically a six hour round trip in spring or summer.

  Unknown flood
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  Tine des Fonts (Lower)

  A high commitment, heavily aquatic run in the Giffre valley on schist: seven hours end to end through two kilometers of narrows despite a modest 20 meter longest rappel.

  Unknown flood
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  Tre la Tete

  Named for the peak above it near Les Contamines-Montjoie in the Mont Blanc massif, a granite run that can take anywhere from six and a half to eleven hours depending on conditions.

  Les Contamines-Montjoie, Haute-Savoie Unknown flood
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  Vogealle

  Barely 100 meters long but dropping 350 vertical meters near Sixt-Fer-a-Cheval, this schist run is essentially one long rappel sequence anchored by a 65 meter drop.

  Sixt-Fer-a-Cheval, Haute-Savoie Unknown flood