Located above Sallanches, the Pointe Percée canyon offers an exceptional high-mountain setting facing the Mont-Blanc range.
A sequence of around twenty abseils unfolds without pause, in a wild and vertical landscape.
An alpine adventure for experienced canyoneers seeking exposure, endurance, and spectacular scenery.
An alpine canyon with breathtaking views
This canyon combines verticality, technical sections, and suspended passages with a continuous view of Mont-Blanc.
A perfect challenge for those who love high-mountain canyoning and grand natural settings.
Practical information
⏱️ Duration: 5 h
🥾 Approach: 1 h 30
🚶 Return: 45 min
🧗 Level: expert / advanced
⚙️ Features: abseils up to 50 m, aerial passages, anchors on wall
🎒 Equipment provided: wetsuit, harness, helmet, descender
🕓 Season: off-season
💶 Price: €120 / person
⚠️ Requirements: strong fitness level, confident with descender use and free-hanging abseils.
📍Location : Sallanches
Meeting point at the Sallanches cinema car park.
We will carpool from there to the canyon start.
[📍Google Maps link – Sallanches car park]
A unique alpine environment
The Pointe Percée canyon unfolds in the heart of the Aravis range, offering a true high-mountain atmosphere rarely found in canyoning.
Between limestone cliffs, alpine torrents and hanging forests, the setting is both powerful and silent.
Each abseil reveals a breathtaking view of Mont-Blanc and the Arve valley below.
Still little-known, this canyon embodies the spirit of alpine canyoning — vertical, wild and authentic.
An experience for those who love raw nature, where every descent brings you closer to the mountain’s purest essence — rock, air and water.
Meeting schedule
morning 8:15 am
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