For over 10 years I have been an enthousiastic canyoneer. This fascinating sport (called canyoning in Europe) has revealed to me the impressive beauty of nature on one of the last frontiers of adventuring: rappeling in fresh waterfalls, jumping in deep emerald potholes, slipping on natural toboggans, swimming in deep slots, squeezing around chokestones. It provides a fun perspective but you should be prepared for challenges. Since the beginning of the nineties I have covered a wide range of about 150 canyons in the French Alps, Spanish Pyrenees mountains and the Colorado Plateau in the U.S.. In 1994, I encountered Alexander Oulevey, a swiss student who also fell in love with this sport. Now he's my best "canyon companion". Alex is also the creator of this web site and its webmaster. Sometimes in the watercourse of these canyons we enjoyed natural bridges of stone or potholes bridges in magnificient natural surroundings. Below you will find some examples of these characteristic bridges in two distincts canyon types.

These two natural bridges are located in Peek-a-boo and Spooky Gulches, two slots tributaries of "Dry fork" of Coyote Gulch Canyon. This area is situated in Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument, 24 miles down the famous pioneer route called "Hole in the Rock Road" south of the town of Escalante (Utah). A natural bridge is a rare formation, representing only 10 percent of the number of natural arches.

Keen Bridge is located in Short Canyon in the vicinity of Moab (north) between two major canyons of the area (Day and Long canyons). Access can be found from Island in the Sky Road (part of Canyonlands National Park).