Cu du Mundu

Canyoning on a steep slope between Reixa and Argentea mountains. Nice rope descents and little blue lakes in a wild narrow gorge, a few kilometers far from Genoa.

Access: leave the highway A10 at Arenzano and take the Aurelia road towards Cogoleto. After a few hundred meters turn on the right following the indications for Hospital, Terralba. Reach the village of Terralba and get on Via Pecorara, at first rising on the left then going west sleightly downhill, cross the Rio Lissola. Turn up on the right into Via Checchelli and, once reached a wash near a hut, park your car.

Approach: go downhill to a bend just before a house with a garage, then follow a little path which in a few moments descends onto a large and flat mule track. Go on along the path until Negrone bridge which crosses Rio Lerone, at about 180 meters of altitude. Over the bridge starts the Engineer’s path marked with a red "I" on white circle. Follow this path entering the little valley which runs parallel to Rio Lerone until a wade; soon after crossing the water, at about 300 meters of altitude, meet the outlet of Cu du Mundu waters. Carry on along the same path, now steeply rising with bends that follow the mountain crest. At about 520 meters of altitude, the path turns left halfway up the hill and reach the gorge, where there's the sign that marks the beginning of the canyoning descent.

Coming Back: after the last descent on rope go on until you reach the "Sentiero dell'Ingegnere" ("Engineer's path"). Cover the path back to Ponte Negrone and then the mule track leading to the parking.