Gorges de Carançà, Mountain canyon in Thuès-Entre-Valls, France.

Gorges de Carançà is a gorge in the commune of Thuès-Entre-Valls, Conflent, in northern Catalonia, running sinuously north to south through the Torrent de Carançà valley. A suspended footbridge of silver-gray perforated metal grating crosses it, sagging slightly, hung from thin cables anchored to the rocky walls on both sides; it has no railings and a lower grated section forms a small step at its near end.

The sources document the gorge as a feature of the Torrent de Carançà valley in the commune of Thuès-Entre-Valls, Conflent, running sinuously north to south southeast of the village of Thuès. Its name is traced by Joan Coromines in the Onomasticon Cataloniae to a pre-Roman Sorotaptic root karanto, meaning a steep rocky channel where water leaps, a form also upheld by Becat and the Nomenclàtor toponímic de la Catalunya del Nord. The gorge lies in woodland and serves as a trailhead for trans-Pyrenean routes toward and from the Vall de Núria.

The name Carançà comes from a pre-Roman Sorotaptic root karanto, meaning a steep rocky channel where water leaps, as argued by Joan Coromines in his Onomasticon Cataloniae; some earlier authors preferred the form Querençà. The gorge lies in the Conflent, the Catalan comarca around Toès, and the Torrent de Carançà feeds it. The nearby Vall de Núria and trans-Pyrenean routes make the gorge a stop on long-distance walks.

Two marked trails wind through the canyon, each taking about five hours to complete with metal bridges and secured pathways. Sturdy footwear is essential, and the paths can be slippery when wet.

The route crosses the Carança torrent on metal footbridges fixed to the rock, such as the one whose silver-grey perforated grating sags slightly between cables anchored on both walls. There are no railings along the edges of the grating, and a lower grated step forms the landing at the near end.