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Thun/Spiez

10 canyons.

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  Altels

  Kandersteg's Altels canyon drops about 250m over a roughly 1.5 hour approach, with no shuttle required, and runs May through July.

  Kandersteg, BE Unknown flood
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  Bund

  Lesser known canyon in between Gamchi and Gries. Has the same characteristics as the other two, narrow, big flow, but is shorter.

  Reichenbach im Kandertal, BE Unknown flood
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  Fulbach

  Fulbach descends 850m and needs a 2.5km shuttle to close the loop. Ropewiki rates the water aquatic a1 (mostly dry) but the commitment level V for its long approach and exit.

  Kandersteg, BE Unknown flood
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  Galtenbach

  Only the Part V Rossfalleschlucht section of the Galtenbach drainage is open to canyoneering, per Ropewiki; the rest of the watershed is closed. That permitted stretch alone drops 570m.

  Lauenen, BE Unknown flood
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  Gamchi

  ‘One of the best canyons in the world,’ Ropewiki's own page calls Gamchi: a 300m deep limestone descent rated vertical v6, aquatic a5.

  Reichenbach im Kandertal, BE Unknown flood
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  Gries

  Reached via the Tschingelsee trailhead above Kiental, Gries is usually run in November or December and often paired with the neighboring Gamchi upstream.

  Reichenbach im Kandertal, BE Unknown flood
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  Oeschinenfalle (Upper)

  Eight hours round trip above Kandersteg: a limestone outing rated vertical v5 with a light aquatic component (a2), run late summer into early autumn.

  Kandersteg, BE Unknown flood
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  Rotache

  One of the forgotten canyons in an unusual rock for canyoning in the Alps. This rather flat valley, has a beautiful section of about 5 rappels that can have backflow, where it is advisable to use the trees to get around the dangerous pools in case of high water.

  Fahrni bei Thun, BE Unknown flood
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  Schwarzbach (Bern)

  Schwarzbach is one of the shorter outings in this batch: about an hour near Kandersteg, dropping 400m of limestone behind a 40m longest rappel.

  Kandersteg, BE Unknown flood
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  Wildelsigfall

  ‘A big crack on the southern side of the Gasteretal’ is how Ropewiki describes Wildelsigfall: walled in, with very vertical abseils, dropping 430m via a 120m longest rappel.

  Unknown flood