Rio Uomo Morto

Very easy and short gorge for a one hour descent. It really offers very little amusement and it is worth being desceded ONLY if you already knows all the other Ligurian gorges and you don't have anywhere else to go.

 

Difficulty: v3 a1 I
Period: march to may
Length: about 1,5 km
Alt. Difference: 180 meters (610-430)
Rope Descents: 5, higher 17 meters
Bolts: insufficient - 1994
Duration: 1h 30' descent
Shuttle: 2,2 km
Equipment: 1 rope 60 mt long

 

Access
lower: leave highway A10 at Varazze, reach the hamlet of Alpicella and follow the indications for the Monte Beigua. Just out of the village you cross the Rio Uomo Morto.
upper: Go on shortly and after a pair of bents take an uncomfortable road and go on for about 1.3 kilometers; park the car near an ancient stone bridge with a little chapel aside.

Approach: park the car and enter into the water.

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