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Fosso di San Potito

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From Ovindoli's meadows the Fosso di San Potito goes down, open and vertical, in front of the hill where San Potito's castle stood.
The Fosso is almost a single fall, a continuous sequence of jumps dug in grey limestone and covered by yellow travertine.

Name	Fosso di San Potito
Area	Abruzzo
Nearest village	Ovindoli
Elevation loss	230 m
Length	400 m
Highest cascade	35 m
Rock	Limestone
Rating	6
Shuttle	No
Explored by	Michele Angileri; June 5th 1993

I remember ...

I went to explore San Potito's creek a few days after exploring Fosso di Curti canyon, and I was disappointed. The San Potito hadn't any narrow, there was much more vegetation, the falls were less vertical...
I couldn't make sense of that descent: perhaps it was better to admire the waterfall from outside rather than struggle on that endless sequence of jumps.

I came back to San Potito's creek a few years later, and I appreciated it more than the first time. The third time I began to understand the beauty of those sun-kissed jumps, and I went back again, and again, ...