Online Catalogue | Guidebooks for Italy
This is the definitive guidebook, called "Arrampicate Sportive E Moderne Fra Lecco E Como" that covers all the rock climbing and sports climbing in and around Lake Como in northern Italy, near Milan. Concentrated around the town of Lecco on the shore of Lake Como, this guidebook details 65 separate crags and 1,000's of routes at all grades. There is an abundance of single and multi-pitch bolted routes up to 300m long, as well as long multi-pitch routes up to 500m long, which require a more mountaineering approach.At the start of each crag, is a location map plus further information regarding altitude, exposure to the sun, how good the parking is, how popular it is, and if it is child friendly. All the routes are described on clear topo's with French grades used throughout. There are crags here where it is possible to be sports climbing at altitudes of over 1,700m.Situated just across the Swiss border this area has always been an important part of the Italian rock climbing scene.Published in 2006 this guidebook is in Italian and German text only.Number of pages is 376. Size is 150mm x 210mm (A5 format). Return to rock climbing in Lake Como.
