Fosso Malopasso
![]() At the border between Lazio and Abruzzo rise Laga Mounts. They are made of a stack of layers of
sandstone more than 1000 meters thick, placed on marl layers. All layers immerse at east, so the western part of Laga (in Lazio)
is much steeper and rocky than the rest. All mountaintops rise above 2000 meters (the highest is about 2500 meters).
Winter climate is very cold and snowy in Laga mounts.
Laga mounts are rich in water, because it rains enough, but also because sandstone doesn't allow water to go
undergroud. There are a lot of streams, and a lot magnificent waterfalls. In winter they are suitable for ice-climbing
(in fact this is the southest place in Italy where doing ice-climbing). In summer the hardest streams are an ideal
canyoning terrain with unusual features, long accessess, low water temperature (due to the height above sea level) and
the presence of snow fields and tunnels till the beginning of summer.
The landscape in Laga mounts is really great!
In spring or autumn the rich waterfalls of Fosso Malopasso give canyoneer a descenti rich in fascination and beauty though poor in risk.
  I remember ...When we descended Fosso Malopasso for the first time (november 13 2005) it seemed unknown to any canyoneer. But we realized it
had been descended before, more than once: there were many bolts, some older, some newer. Who knew that canyon?
I couldn't find any trace on the web, and not any canyoneer I knew had heard about it before.
That day was the right day to descend Malopasso, because it had been a rainy autumn and so waterfalls were white
because of sparkling water. A lot of water here brings almost not any danger, and this usually happens in Laga canyons.
It would be perfect to take photographs, but our backpacks were too heavy to let us bring camera.
Photographs in this website show ultralight ropes (6 mm ropes made of high tenacity fibers). Read multimedia book Ultralight ropes canyoning technique to learn how to use them.
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