Topo guide to climbing in the Sarca Valley (just south of the Brenta Dolomites and north of Arco, in the north-east of Italy).
This is an area of fantastic looking multi-pitch wall climbs at all grades, some bolted and some trad, and could easily be added in to a Dolomitic or Arco itinerary.
The remarkable expansion of this area, which today ranges from the shores of Lake Garda all the way to the Valle dei Laghi: 23 new sectors for a total of 260 unpublished routes, which added to the 520 routes already present in the last edition makes a total of 780, spread around approximately 33 sectors, has resulted in this guide now being split into two volumes.
Volume 1 covers Arco, Torbole, Val di Ledro, Tenno, Padaro and Dro. This is the area which has the most new routes: the area which includes the lower part of Valle del Sarca, the rock faces which extend across the plain of Arco and Lake Garda, and includes new routes on the Coste di Loppio near San Giovanni pass, in val di Ledro and the not so popular valley of Volta di Nò, where new interesting routes are still being discovered.
The guide is full of precise drawings by the author, completely updated for the occasion, as well as accurate historical and logistical notes and a complete evaluation on the beauty and difficulty of the route. Also there are short essays on climbing on the rock faces of the Sarca Valley.
By Diego Filippi.
Card cover, 21cm x 15cm, 498 pages.
Published 2020.
ISBN: 978-88-55470-14-8.