Jason Walker
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Australian working as a raft guide in Germany. +61 459 444 960
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05.10.2024 Rio Del Mulin Chiusaforte Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 High Completed ✔
The anchors are quite often on trees with quite old rope. It may be newer than it looks, but I'd go in there with a plan to replace them if I was going to repeat it. The bolts on the first big abseil are (apparently?) missable. They are on the right side, just out of view, not below the main lip of the waterfall!!! Quite good with a heap of rain in the valley currently. Grippy rock.
04.10.2024 Torrente Favarinis Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 High Completed ✕
I suspect that this is the upper limit of the canyon without lingering psychological trauma afterwards! Yesterday, there was about 1/2 as much water, and we suspected double the flow would be okay. Photo from the takeout.
03.10.2024 Torrente Favarinis Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
Despite most other canyons locally being too high for us to attempt, this was probably only at about medium water level, and could probably take double the water in the photo of the bottom fall (you have to walk through water to check it from the carpark).
17.09.2024 Lodrino (inferiore) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
Probably the most geologically stunning canyon I have been in. Sensational carving of the rock thoughout the constrictions. Amazing slides, and cool jumps, combined with super beautiful (and incredibly slippery) abseils! Currently, the roughly 5m fixed line on the right side leading to above the 50m abseil is very coreshot, and needs replacing. Everything else we used was good.
16.09.2024 Nala (Inferiore) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
Abseiling canyon - more or less. There are a few jumps, but not like other canyons around here. The granite is slippery in the water, which would make a high flow descent quite scary, especially given the (at times) tricky anchor locations. The very last feature requires a steady approach to avoid sliding off of the lip (I think you would survive, and suspect somebody has at least once slid off of it on purpose!) By myself in 2 hours car to car with a bag that was slow to pack after every abseil. Much more flow than the attached photo and I wouldn't be keen to solo it!
15.09.2024 Bodengo I (Boggia I) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
Super nice section at normal flows. When we tried to descend earlier this year (after the massive rain) it was certainly a lot more water. Not a bad idea to have a rope to help people out of the eddy/kerwasser on the right side of the early slide! No water spilling over the waterfall at Bodengo 3 takeout.
15.09.2024 Iragna (Intermedio) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
Not sure the canyon is "technically demanding" compared to others. Perhaps at higher flows actively belaying is nessesary to avoid being washed over the next waterfall. The infinity pools and slippery wet granite would prove very difficult in high flows for sure. At the level I went down at, it was easy. Slides and jumps. A fixed line abseil or two. Super super good. Packed full of guests on the weekends! Picture for flow reference. It hasn't rained here in a while, so perhaps this is actually a low flow, not normal?
15.09.2024 Iragna (Inferiore) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
A lot less jumping and sliding than the Intermedio. Still a few slippery granite pools to walrus out of! Again, can imagine it would be spicey at higher flows, and you may want a belay - you certainly wouldn't want to try to climb out with a water filled backpack! I completed both Intermedio and Inferior car to car in about 2hours 15 minutes, the hardest part being heaving around a stupid big rocksnake backpack with 100m of 9mm in it! The abseils, slides and jumps were all obvious and posed no problem :) Reference picture for flows.
14.09.2024 Boggera (Inferiore) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
Super amazing section of rock and water. Slides and jumps everywhere. Also people everywhere. It's probably not a great canyon to learn canyoning in as a private group, just because of how busy it could be in there... the water is also quite cold!
11.09.2024 Torrente Valle di Piovere (Vione inferiore) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 High Completed ✔
After a high flood, the rocks are currently super grippy! Lots of fixed material damaged, but metal points still fine. Murky water makes jumping difficult. Super beautiful and diverse rock during the descent, and an old archway on the left side early on. Very cool.
10.09.2024 Torrente Valle di Bornico Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 High Completed ✔
You can divide the section into an upper and lower part, with the obvious wooden walking bridge being the mid way point. Above this, the maximum abseil is 20m, and there are many slides and jumps. It's a simple walk in and out, with ample parking. Below this, the maximum abseil is 50m. Commercial groups maintain the quality of anchors and handlines. The water is rarely clear, so it's good to check the jumps!! The gauge is at the main road, before driving up the broken dirt road. We completed the whole thing at this flow, but it could have taken 1-2cm of water over the concrete sides of the weir (at a good guess!!!)
03.09.2024 Kesselbach Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔
Stacks of single bolt rapells in suspicious rock, but otherwise a pretty entertaining little canyon. A handful of slippery abseils and short slides.
30.08.2024 Rio Macile (Rio Brussine) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔
Get the walk in right. The boulder hopping down is tedious. Awesome slide. Good jumps. Great short canyon!
29.08.2024 Rio Tralba (Inferiore) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔
High end of low water level. High water would be quite exciting in there if it was also slippery, but the canyon is bolted quite well. A generous 60m rope will do you in here 😉 The dam is currently full of sand/rock, so no real danger of them opening it up on you. Stacks and stacks of jumps possible in there - possibly the most jumpy canyon around 😀 The abseils are also quite nice, albeit slippery. The walk-out was not so bad - if youre good at rock hopping it doesn't take long at all, the whole tour (with a shuttle driver) only took me 3 hours and 15 minutes, jumping lots of the pitches! One of the best canyons around this region 🙌
28.08.2024 Rio Nero (Cerni Patok) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔
Lower half this time. Water level was the high end of low. See attached photo from bottom section entrance / top section exit. Very slippery rock - more than other canyons around. The action pieces are quite good, but not great. This is followed by a lot of tedious wet boulder hopping. The bolting is lacklustre. Although someone has been through with some shiny gear and red glue, many old crap 6-8mm pieces remain. Don't go in without a hand bore set and surplus anchor material. Many wet slippery downclimbs.. would be very scary in highwater (and could be considered very sparsely protected for a high water level descent) Unlikely to become a classic.
27.08.2024 Val Vielia I-III Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔
Sections II and III. Absolutely fantastic. Super clear water, stacks of awesome jumps, and the bottom of the III section is reason enough to walk in! II had plenty of jumps, and was only another 10-15 minutes walk up from the start of III. All the anchors were fine. We walked in from the north, rather than the classic way. It was about 1:15 in to the bottom of section III.
26.08.2024 Val Zemola Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
Would say today was the low side of medium. Some tricky to access abseil stations - but enough bolts for sure. It gets a 5/5 if you walk up the river right side from the church to the top. The car shuttle option seems kinda dumb - it's a cool walk up, and probably safer and faster.
13.08.2024 Lumiei Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔
Super deep and beautiful canyon! A fair bit of rubbish where it can cling on to pieces or wood or between rocks 😞 Very easy walk in and out, and beers available between!
12.08.2024 Torrente Leale Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔
The causeway/ford gauge is quite misleading currently. Today it was well and truly dry, and not even close to water flowing over it, and I'd call it the high end of low. Maybe even a low-medium. All anchors super nice. Many times a handrail is a safe idea (and the anchors are provided for it). A few jumps to be had too! Looking at the post (with pictures of the crux) below - we had similar levels today.
12.08.2024 Torrente Favarinis Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔
Very very low water. The canyon is still wet, but you would not call it aquatic - more like abseiling in the rain! Still a few jumps to do though :) Quite a lot of gravel throughout.
17.07.2024 Taxaklamm Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔
Pretty good value for a short walk in! No topic because it would be soo confusing with all the fixed options!?
15.07.2024 Tauglklamm Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
The double bolts at the start on the left side are missing hangers!! They are just naked bolts in the rock. We rapped off of a sling around a tree (which we later retrived). The canyon itself is comparable to the polished sandstone walls we are familiar with in Aus. Quite deeply cut, super cool smooth rolling lips for the water features and deep pools to jump into. Very very worthwhile just to check it out. We only did the primary constriction, and then walked back up to the car. The grade feels a little soft, and I think it could pretty easily get A3.
02.07.2024 Sulzer Wasserfall Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
Anchors are fine. Quite a few singles and unlinked though. Grippy rock. Tree still in first abseil. Abseil 3 is into a pool, you can stand, but it is deep, and in high flows it could be pretty exciting! Abseil 5 - bring double 50m rope if you don't like downclimbing.
01.07.2024 Hinterer Stehrergraben Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
All single bolt anchors - fine for children hopefully. Unless youre having a super good try, I'd expect 35min walking from the carpark - more with kids. Lots of novel little slides, and a few jumps for small humans too, provided they have good technique. Grippy rock, and the single bolts were at least in good condition
01.07.2024 Altersbach Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔
Anchors, pretty good for around here. A few single hangers and a few interesting old pieces of bent rio-bar glued in! Easy walk up, stunning views, but the abseils are slippery as and not even one could be jumped.
28.06.2024 Rio Nero (Cerni Patok) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 High Completed ✔
We completed the upper (superior) section. The upper big abseil was in the flow, and a lot more water would make this, and numerous other (often insignificant) downclimbs very very difficult - hence the claim that today was high water. We attached a photo of the Nero at the lowest bridge. The canyon was incredibly slippery, with one downclimb proving very very exciting due to the risk of slipping off of the lip and into the pool below. The bolts/hooks up here were fine - but regularly single, occasionally unlinked, but always solid. Could do with a couple more for high water descents as the downclimbs had enough water to be concerning today. Also attached, a view from the takeout (for the upper)
27.06.2024 Rio Chiampeit Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
All stands fine - not amazing. All anchors were double bolt, but often one bolt was marginal. The picture attached - the flow at the top was fine, but felt like it could have taken more. However, the final waterfall with a lot more flow would be quite intimidating. The traverse to the second stand for the final drop is a little slippery and awkward with a big bag on. The stainless rap ring on this stand was looking a little old - and will likely need replacing soonish.
27.06.2024 Rio Lavarie Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
Stunning rock in the constriction. Fun little jumps. The main abseil at the end is the most aquatic element, so check from the bottom for sure - you'll be in the main flow unless you have very very sticky/grippy shoes!
26.06.2024 Rio Simon (Inferiore) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Low Completed ✔
Another really nicely bolted canyon - plenty of shiny glue ins, and linked DBB 👌 Quite a lot of the raps can be jumped. The pull on the final rap would be a little awkward if you only had a 60m, and the flow was high.
25.06.2024 Cuestis Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
All anchors were good. I preferred the look of the River Right side anchors in the cave on the longest pitch. Flows were super lovely, and it could take more.
24.06.2024 Val Zemola Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
The photos on here are all dog low. Very low water. 3 of our group completed the descent with the crux being the final abseil. See photos of the flow attached. We would reccomend walking in, rather than the shuttle and SKI down the scree slope. The walk in is beautiful and easy. The photo of the person with a pink rucksack rapping under the rock, is now blocked by rock.
24.06.2024 Val Tovanella Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 High Completed ✔
One committing and scary looking move to escape the 'grotto' at the bottom of the 14m rap (dark section). At the flow we had, I think jumping and violently swimming would work! Otherwise, a sea anchor is good to have :D
22.06.2024 Bodengo I (Boggia I) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 High Completed ?
We bailed out. The level looked fine, but made the third to fourth pitch on the topo too scary for us. We climbed back out the slab that forms the 6m slide at the start. Apparently the level was at, or above the normal commercial cut-off.

Other users were: Enya Schaefer
21.06.2024 Fischbach (Bluntautal) Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
Fantastic, easy canyon. A shame there's so much leftover anchor material and some below average fixed lines. Very pretty, good dry lines for higher flows, quite slippery. On the 3rd last abseil there were anchorsat the bottom to set up a zipline in higher water or for practice.
16.06.2024 Ackersbach Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ?
All single bolt raps. Stunning canyon.
11.06.2024 Weißbach Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 High Completed ✔
Good quality! Super quick walk in, fantastic anchors over cool waterfalls. Nice with some flow.

Other users were: Enya Schaefer
06.06.2024 Wappbach Jason Walker ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 High Completed ✔
Moderately high level, on the drop though. Chilly water. Numerous loose- single expansion bolt anchors in questionable rock. Many of the pools below what appear to be slides are quite full of sand, and the odd sneaky rock. Put in is more like 820m and we took out at the bridge at 650m.

Other users were: Enya Schaefer