The crags

Describing the climbing in the entire Val Rosandra is a complicated matter because there are numerous sectors, each different one from the other, dotted across this fascinating are which, for the people from Trieste, is of particular importance. This article serves...

Italy’s splendid Orco Valley, located to the west of Turin, has traditionally been the home to some of the country’s premier trad climbing but beneath its splendid granite rock faces sits some of country’s greatest bouldering potential. With the advent...

The Daone Valley is located in the Trentino region of the famous Adamello massif, more precisely it is a side valley of Valle del Chiese; the source of river Chiese is the Adamello glacier and it river runs along the...

Valle di Garés is a small valley that leads off from the village Canale d'Agordo, on route between Cencenighe and Falcade and therefore in the heart of the Agordo Dolomites. At its end this beautiful valley opens up into a...

Fourteen years have passed since I discovered the first boulders at Varazze and what's incredible is that we continue to discover new areas, new challenging boulders that trash our skin in this seemingly never-ending game. Last year a new guidebook...

I'd looked at the fan-shaped band of rocks for years and always asked myself the same question : I wonder if the rock is any good? Strangely, no one had ever shown any interest in that crag and this obviously...

Villanuova is a historic little crag in the Carnia region of NE Italy, ideal for sport climbing in winter. Most of the development took place during the '90's by Toni Cattarino and Alex Cucchiaro and they were joined by Luciano...

The small crag Cala Usai may be nothing more than an old granite quarry, but the marine environment and the quality of its rock makes it a wonderful place, certainly worth exploring when visiting southern Sardinia. Furthermore, the crag is...

Wild Cadapria is a new crag in the extreme south west corner of Sardinia, an area renowned for its rugged beauty and fantastic beaches.For more information about climbing on this island, read "Multi-pitch sports climbing in Sardinia"

The wave of trad climbing in Valle Po continues. Acting on a hunch by Tristano Gallo, a new crag called Wonderland has been created at the famous Roccia Re climbing area in the Piemonte region of NW Italy. Wonderland is the...