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Steepest walls

Walls that go straight up.

200 canyons ranked by the steepest wall: the strongest average slope over 300 m, measured on the relief model.

1Sumidero CanyonMexico64°807 m2TalbachklammAustria63°1,537 m3Ravine Fleurs JaunesFrance60°1,645 m4Boquerón de Padre AbadPeru59°1,120 m5Tenaya CanyonUnited States59°964 m6Tiger Leaping GorgeChina59°2,897 m7Kali Gandaki GorgeNepal58°3,873 m8Infernet canyonsFrance57°1,412 m9SaugasseGermany57°1,661 m10GalitzenklammAustria56°1,838 m11Snake GorgeOman56°1,359 m12Grand CanyonUnited States56°1,413 m13Samariá Gorge National ParkGreece56°964 m14Zion CanyonUnited States55°839 m15Pas de TerradetsSpain55°1,164 m16Aschauer KlammGermany55°1,231 m17ManivalFrance55°1,620 m18Diva Grabovica ValleyBosnia and Herzegovina55°1,477 m19Orrido di Ponte AltoItaly55°1,521 m20Indian CanyonUnited States54°1,037 m21Karmadon GorgeRussia54°1,137 m22Valhalla CanyonUnited States54°877 m23Trou de FerFrance54°906 m24Fraser CanyonCanada54°1,319 m25Vikos GorgeGreece53°1,047 m26Drežnica ValleyBosnia and Herzegovina53°1,637 m27Yarlung Tsangpo Grand CanyonChina53°3,059 m28Gole del CardinelloItaly53°1,675 m29WeißbachGermany52°775 m30TakamakaFrance52°734 m31Marble CanyonUnited States52°384 m32SpitallammSwitzerland52°1,198 m33ViamalaSwitzerland52°1,472 m34The NarrowsUnited States52°730 m35Congost de TrespontsSpain51°1,005 m36Velika PaklenicaCroatia51°443 m37Cañón del PilayaBolivia51°1,557 m38Marble CanyonCanada51°1,098 m39Gola Su GorropuItaly51°696 m40Grands GouletsFrance51°897 m41Cañón La HuastecaMexico51°1,150 m42HöllentalklammGermany51°1,191 m43Badde PentumasItaly51°546 m44Argun River ravineRussia51°1,959 m45Rastenbach GorgeItaly50°1,501 m46Kanjon SušiceMontenegro50°538 m47Cottonwood CanyonCanada50°1,880 m48Columbia River GorgeUnited States50°890 m49Gorges du DurnandSwitzerland50°2,198 m50Hells GateCanada50°1,332 m51BuffelspoortSouth Africa50°534 m52Gorges de la BourneFrance50°650 m53LiechtensteinklammAustria50°1,181 m54Great CanyonCanada49°1,950 m55Gorges du TrientSwitzerland49°1,964 m56Partnach GorgeGermany49°80 m57Mistaya CanyonCanada49°1,545 m58RappenlochschluchtAustria49°526 m59The SubwayUnited States48°541 m60Grand Canyon of the TuolumneUnited States48°1,265 m61SalzachöfenAustria48°1,026 m62Gorges du SierrozFrance48°916 m63Glen CanyonUnited States48°386 m64SautsoNorway47°350 m65SilberkarklammAustria47°1,374 m66GondoschluchtSwitzerland47°1,734 m67Kurobe GorgeJapan47°1,976 m68WeichtalAustria47°1,084 m69Cañón del PatoPeru47°2,737 m70Nevidio CanyonMontenegro47°1,179 m71DonnersbachklammAustria47°1,335 m72Orridi di UriezzoItaly47°1,692 m73Leutasch GorgeGermany47°1,116 m74Gorges de la Pierre-LysFrance47°694 m75Trockene Klamm, ElsbethenAustria47°829 m76BurggrabenklammAustria47°1,048 m77Shirz CanyonIran46°810 m78VorderkaserklammAustria46°1,719 m79Schöllenen GorgeSwitzerland46°1,722 m80Taroko GorgeTaiwan46°1,966 m81Hayqar CanyonIran46°771 m82Waterfalls CanyonUnited States46°822 m83Hintere TormäuerAustria46°722 m84Box CanyonUnited States46°1,086 m85SchinschluchtSwitzerland46°1,241 m86Tara River CanyonBosnia and Herzegovina46°913 m87Gorges du DailleySwitzerland46°1,855 m88Gorges du Guiers VifFrance46°815 m89Abra de PorcullaPeru46°914 m90Blyde River CanyonSouth Africa46°614 m91Hells CanyonUnited States46°1,690 m92Gorges du Guiers MortFrance45°870 m93SeisenbergklammAustria45°1,388 m94GarnitzenklammAustria45°1,116 m95Little Cottonwood CanyonUnited States45°1,359 m96Desfiladero de La HermidaSpain45°767 m97Goye di HôneItaly45°1,947 m98Kodori ValleyGeorgia45°1,838 m99BacherlochGermany45°937 m100Gola di FanesItaly45°1,424 m101Aare GorgeSwitzerland45°1,842 m102Enipeas GorgeGreece45°541 m103TseyRussia44°1,756 m104Gorges de la DiosazFrance44°1,804 m105Stillwater CanyonUnited States44°345 m106Masca GorgeSpain44°243 m107Cotuahusi canionPeru44°3,058 m108Limarò CanyonItaly44°1,777 m109Imster SchluchtAustria43°1,624 m110Barranco del AguaSpain43°476 m111Kundler KlammAustria43°1,195 m112Bostanak CanyonIran43°820 m113HöllentalAustria43°1,197 m114TscheppaschluchtAustria43°913 m115WolfsklammAustria43°1,533 m116Rofla GorgeSwitzerland43°1,454 m117KitzlochklammAustria43°1,077 m118Gorges de la SpeluncaFrance43°1,030 m119ProsseggklammAustria42°1,771 m120TaxaklammAustria42°1,056 m121Fortaleza CanyonBrazil42°569 m122Horseshoe CanyonUnited States42°293 m123Cataract CanyonUnited States42°488 m124Cascade CanyonUnited States42°374 m125Maligne CanyonCanada42°1,401 m126Verdon GorgeFrance42°654 m127RenjhihguanTaiwan42°1,534 m128Këlcyrë GorgeAlbania42°1,440 m129Santa Elena CanyonMexico42°448 m130Bahram Chobin CanyonIran42°926 m131Grand Canyon of the YellowstoneUnited States42°301 m132Coyote GulchUnited States42°228 m133Pongo de MainiquePeru42°564 m134Waimea Canyon State ParkUnited States42°765 m135Zügen GorgeSwitzerland42°1,461 m136Great Canyon of CrimeaUkraine41°609 m137French Bar CanyonCanada41°1,290 m138Orrido di BellanoItaly41°1,512 m139Orrido di NessoItaly41°1,154 m140Shōgawa GorgeJapan41°899 m141RuinaultaSwitzerland41°1,517 m142Huancabamba DepressionPeru41°1,171 m143DorokyōJapan41°651 m144Darial GorgeRussia41°2,140 m145Karanlık CanyonTurkey41°1,069 m146Dr.-Vogelgesang-KlammAustria41°930 m147Arzler PitzeklammAustria41°1,639 m148Desolation CanyonUnited States41°1,072 m149Ogden CanyonUnited States41°866 m150Nezame-no-tokoJapan41°797 m151GießenbachklammGermany41°1,110 m152Tang-e SarvakIran41°1,202 m153Ōtira GorgeNew Zealand41°1,134 m154ItaimbezinhoBrazil40°506 m155Gorges du TarnFrance40°415 m156Elygias GorgeGreece40°577 m157Gadaunerer SchluchtAustria40°1,554 m158LammeröfenAustria40°1,050 m159Gorges de Saint-GeorgesFrance40°627 m160Kings CanyonUnited States40°675 m161Lepida GorgeGreece40°453 m162Qud ValleyGeorgia40°882 m163Gorges de DaluisFrance40°936 m164Cehennem Deresi CanyonTurkey40°1,613 m165Todgha GorgeMorocco40°337 m166Holtzarte gorgesFrance40°928 m167Dovžan GorgeSlovenia40°1,071 m168OerflaschluchtAustria40°626 m169Snowshoe CanyonUnited States40°202 m170Lyell CanyonUnited States40°728 m171Vouraikos GorgeGreece40°694 m172Wu GorgeChina39°1,550 m173HirschensprungSwitzerland39°1,038 m174Kotsifos GorgeGreece39°582 m175Wasserlochklamm, PalfauAustria39°852 m176Quebrada del ToroArgentina39°1,286 m177Turnback CanyonCanada39°1,118 m178Tolmin GorgesSlovenia39°918 m179Gorges du FierFrance39°589 m180Congosto de ObarraSpain39°709 m181Sulak CanyonRussia39°683 m182Tolantongo CanyonMexico39°842 m183Boom GorgeKyrgyzstan39°1,378 m184BreitachklammGermany39°1,046 m185Cluse de BangeFrance39°645 m186Keystone CanyonUnited States39°1,529 m187Webb CanyonUnited States39°839 m188Klootchman CanyonCanada39°1,863 m189Bloody CanyonUnited States38°547 m190Marienklamm, TragößAustria38°685 m191Pas d'EscalesSpain38°974 m192Sil CanyonSpain38°348 m193Moran CanyonUnited States38°223 m194Kärntner TorAustria38°1,424 m195Valley of GeysersRussia38°480 m196Open CanyonUnited States38°406 m197Marysvale CanyonUnited States38°435 m198Vyros GorgeGreece38°720 m199Tsegi CanyonUnited States38°325 m200Chicamocha CanyonColombia38°1,128 m

A 30 m model smooths overhangs and the narrowest slots: real walls are steeper than this. Only canyons at least 60 m deep are listed.

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