The crags

A historic crag in Valle dell'Orco. Splendid Gneiss offers all styles of climbing, from technical face climbing on crimps to strenuous cracks and overhangs.

This crag was bolted in 1992 by Diego Cordola but it never became too popular and was only published in some local Italian Mountaineeing Clum magazines under the name "Paretina di Diego." We hope that after the recent developments...

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...