Caving
Vercors, with more than 80 chambers over 100 metres deep,
is one of the most prestigious cave systems of the Alps: a rich history and an incredible diversity of open
air or subterranean sceneries:
- Bournillon and its highest porch of Europe,
- Gournier its entrance lake and its "most
beautiful underground river of the Alps",
- The Favot cave and its rare natural formations: the "excentriques",
- The swallow-hole Berger, the very first 1000 meters
deep of caving history,
- The "Trou Qui Souffle" the longest system
in Vercors: more than 43 km long,
- The Gour Fumant river including a gallery with remarkable
formations...
Different techniques to travel to the centre of the
Earth:
- Walking,
- Abseiling,
- Crossing on a rubber dinghy,
- Ascending by rope,
- Climbing,
- "Crawling"...
Advice from the pro !:
To get the best of your adventure, please wear:
- warm underwear (Thermolactyl, woollen socks...),
- clothes you feel comfortable in,
- boots with heavy soles and some ankles support
(or we can provide you rubber boots).
- Don't forget your lunch !
- Bring some water !
- Bring sport clothes for your introduction to abseiling.
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