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Thun/Spiez
33 canyons.
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n/aAltels
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 -
3C RÄrtelebachUnknown flood
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n/aBalmhornUnknown flood
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n/aBarglibachUnknown flood
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n/aBund
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 -
4CBuuschebachUnknown flood
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n/aChimpachUnknown flood
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n/aCholerenschluchtUnknown flood
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4CChratzeregrabeUnknown flood
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3C RDürrenwaldbachUnknown flood
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3BFeissibachUnknown flood
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4BFrunden (East)Unknown flood
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4BFrunden (West)Unknown flood
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n/aFulbach
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 -
n/aGaltenbach
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 -
n/aGamchi
‘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 -
4B RGolitschebachUnknown flood
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n/aGries
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 -
4C RLangertalbachUnknown flood
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n/aLatrejebachUnknown flood
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4CLatterbachUnknown flood
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4B ROeschinenfalle (Lower)Unknown flood
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n/aOeschinenfalle (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 -
n/aPrasserebachUnknown flood
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n/aRotache
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 -
3CSanetschUnknown flood
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n/aSchopfgrabeUnknown flood
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n/aSchwarzbach (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 -
3C RSilleregrabeUnknown flood
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4CSpiggenbachUnknown flood
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4CTalberggrabeUnknown flood
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3CWallbachUnknown flood
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n/aWildelsigfall
‘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