Vercors · about 1 km from Sassenage
Cuves de Sassenage
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- CertificationFull cave
- SpecialSidemount
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The dive
The cave temperature is 12 °C. The sumps are exploration territory: divers are looking for the junction with the Gouffre Berger, which according to gouffre-berger.com has not been made yet.
Profile and sections
The cave temperature is 12 °C. The sumps are exploration territory: divers are looking for the junction with the Gouffre Berger, which according to gouffre-berger.com has not been made yet.
The Cuves are the outlet of the Germe, fed by the Sornin and Saint-Nizier plateaus and by losses of the Furon. Dye tracing links the cave to the Berger.
- Depth and profile
- Sump lengths and depths not published. Known sumps: Siphon de la Salle à manger (1955), sumps at +60 m (1959) and +379 m (1963–1964) in the Saint-Nizier branch, the Siphon Bonneval and the Galerie Ouest sumps (exploration dives up to ~2015). Cave length 12,295 m.
- Configuration
- Unknown; sumps behind a caving trip call for small, portable kit (sidemount, small cylinders) (estimate).
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Sumps behind a caving trip: no scooter.
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Experienced divers only
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How to get there
Cave at the edge of Sassenage, next to Grenoble, by the Furon. The front part is a show cave in summer; caving guides take groups in all year. The sumps lie deeper in the system and need a caving trip with kit. Access is regulated: according to CDS 38 (2006) only organisations (professionals, clubs and CDS) with an agreement with the commune of Sassenage get in, with a badge held by a club in the Isère; clubs from elsewhere can borrow a badge through CDS 38. According to Wikipedia access via the river is prohibited; check with the commune and CDS 38 how diving is handled.
Around Cuves de Sassenage
FillsNo fill station known nearby
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Caves nearby4 within 37 km
News
Access and rules change: check what applies locally right before your trip. Source: GDELT Project and the news feeds of diving magazines. Search for more news ↗ Searched automatically, last on 13 Nov 2026.
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