Arco is situated within the Sarca Valley and offers something for everyone, from single pitch sport routes to long Dolomite style airy multi-pitch routes on the big walls of Monte Casale, Piccolo Dain and Monte Brento. The whole area is vast with many 1000's of routes to choose from at all grades on superb limestone rock. Situated just north of Lake Garda and only a couple of hours from the Dolomites it is possible to rock climb throughout most of the year and is easily accessible if wet in the mountains around the Dolomites. The rock climbing is definitely split into 2 distinct styles, which are:
There are over 50 sport crags and 30 long multi-pitch crags in the area, with the main areas shown on the map opposite and described below:
There are 2 definitive rock climbing guidebooks covering the general Arco to Sarche area, both of which are described below and can be bought from our shop.
The
"Arco
Rock" guidebook covers all the bolted
sport routes in and around the Arco area, which features
113 different crags. Each crag has a location map, and
a good description giving a general overview of the area
and type of rock climbing to be found there. All the climbs
are described with clear topo diagrams.
This excellent guidebook for rock climbing and sport climbing for the Arco region is in English text. This guidebook is available to buy from our shop.
The "Arco
Walls" guidebook covers all the long
multi-pitch rock climbing routes in the Arco to Sarche
valley, detailing all the classic and modern routes. Included
are all the crags at Piccolo Dain (with routes up to 450m
long), Monte Brento (with many routes between 800m &
1,000m long) and Monte Casale (with routes up to 1,400m
long).
At over 600 pages long the guidebook details 42 separate crags, with each crag having a good location map and excellent topo's for each route. Grades are either UIAA or French depending upon whether the route is bolted. This excellent guidebook for big wall rock climbing in Arco is in English text and is available to buy from our shop.
There are also a number of selective rock climbing and sport climbing guidebooks available for Arco that can also be bought from our shop. This includes the Alpen en Bloc 1 guidebook that cover nearly 150 problems at Arco.
Find out how to get to Arco and the best time of year to rock climb at Arco. Click here for more info.
Arco Rock, is the
rock climbing and sport
climbing guidebook for Arco.
Buy this guidebook from our
shop.
Buy Arco Walls, the rock climbing guidebook for multi-pitch routes in
Arco and the
Sarche Valley from
our
shop.