Canyon Bras Rouge (inférieur) in Réunion (La) v4-a4-IV 3.3/5*

Country: France

Region: Réunion (La) / Reunion

Subregion: La Réunion / Reunion

Town: Cilaos

v4 a4 IV

7h35

5min

5h30

2h

1180m

860m

320m

50m

6

350m

on Foot

Rating:

★★★★★

3.3 (3)

Info:

★★★

3 (2)

Belay:

★★★

3 (2)

Summary: machine translated ➜

Varied canyon, partly technically demanding, longer runs. Many access and (emergency) exit possibilities.

Parts

Name

Difficulty

Approach

Tour

Return

Bras Rouge (median)

v3 a3 II

35min

2h

5min

Bras Rouge (inférieur)

v4 a4 IV

5min

5h30

2h

Summary: machine translated ➜

Varied canyon, partly technically demanding, longer runs. Many access and (emergency) exit possibilities.

Access: machine translated ➜

From Cilaos we take the D242 direction Ilet Dijoux and Ilet à Cordes..We drive north out of Cilaos on the RN5. We meet the D241 (at "Les Thermes") and from here we drive 4.2 km to the bridge over the Bras Rouge. Here we park our car nearby.

Approach (5 min): machine translated ➜

Above the bridge, downclimb into the streambed using fixed ropes.

Tour (5 h 30): machine translated ➜

For the upper part (I) see video (from 11:15 min). Followed by 2 rappel with 50m each (possible before the second exit on footpath. Then longer section to Chapelle. For Chapelle see video https://youtu.be/7AgOBxWqdQg (12.11.2017) - from 14:00 min.

Return (2 h): machine translated ➜

From the "Chapelle" a few hundred meters downstream, then we take the footpath up to the left. An intermediate descent of almost 100 meters of altitude brings us down to the footpath of Ilet à Cordes. On this up to the road in Cilaos where our car is. ( 02h 10' )

Coordinates:

Canyon Start

-21.1143°, 55.4568° ↓

Canyon End

-21.1354°, 55.4523° ↓

Literatures:

Map

4405RT, Saint-Pierre (IGN TOP25), 1/25000

1:25000

Canyoning Book

Topoguide Ile de la Réunion - Le Paradis du Canyoning

Pascal Colas

1995

Canyoning Book

73 canyons à la Réunion et Madagascar, Ric a Ric

2009

73 canyons à la Réunion (66) et Madagascar (7)

Cwiki Canyon Info

Canyoning Wiki Link Bras Rougeinf https://canyon.carto.net/cwiki/bin/view/Canyons/BrasRougeinfCanyon.html

Descente Canyon Info

https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon/21418

Ropewiki Canyon Info

http://ropewiki.com/Bras_Rouge_(Lower)

Gallery

(19.11.2017, Hendrik, Thomas, Jogi, wolfgang ua.) https://photos.app.goo.gl/Cq7wNbnY3Gh669iP2

Video

(19.11.2017, Hendrik, Thomas, Jogi, wolfgang ua.) https://youtu.be/WUAwAkgpiwc

FFME Canyon Info

http://www.ffme.info/canyon/CANYON_fiche.php?id=546

Unknown

http://iggybarrancs.blogspot.de/2015/10/bras-rouge.html

Other Canyon Info

http://www.pascalcolas.com/toposcanyons/bras-rouge.pdf

Other Canyon Info

https://www.montagne-escalade.com/site/uploads/CAN_FICHIER_546.pdf

Other Canyon Info

https://lrc-ffs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bras_rouge_inf.pdf

Trip Report (e.g. Blogpost)

http://francois.leroux.free.fr/canyoning/brasrinf.htm

08.01.2025 Clarissa Linder ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔ machine translated ➜

Stands in good condition. Some jumps possible. The slide is certainly a highlight (you can climb back here and also jump) - we got off before the slide on the right. Tour bridge to slide approx. 1h, return approx. 20min.

Other users were: Tobias Beiser Peter Lampacher

09.10.2023 Rok ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔ machine translated ➜

All stands tip top. If you do not like exposed hanging stands, rather not recommended (the 4th stand is reached by spreading step. Best to send the tallest of the group ahead). Otherwise worthwhile completion of the Integral. Doing only the Inf., in my opinion, does not pay off or one misses the more beautiful places of Med. and Sup.