canyon exploring with Michele Angileri

Fosso delle Zolferate - parte bassa

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The lower part of Fosso delle Zolferate features a succession of beautiful unusual sceneries which culminates in a short gorge of rare beauty, passable with little more than hiking difficulties.

Name	Fosso delle Zolferate - parte bassa
Area	Toscana
Nearest village	Roccalbegna
Elevation loss	65 m
Length	1500 m
Highest cascade	3 m
Rock	Pink limestone
Rating	1-2
Shuttle	Recommended
Explored by	Re-explored by Michele Angileri; october 31st 2020

I remember ...

Over the years what drives me to explore unknown streams consists less in the exploratory result and more in the desire to take a trip into the heart of Nature. The search for an exploratory result would never have pushed me along the lower part of Zolferate creek, but I had seen half of the Fosso and I wanted to travel the other half even though I was convinced that, in all likelihood, it would not have been interesting for canyoning.
Instead, to the beauty of the sceneries drawn by pink rock and green water and embellished by autumn colors, there was added the surprise of a narrow well carved in compact layers. Surprise in the surprise: there was a bolt, an unequivocal sign of a previous, undocumented descent.