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Valle dell' Orco Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Valle dell' Orco

Caporal 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Dado 8 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Parete Delle Ombre 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Prato Rotonda 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Pyramid, The 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Scoglio di Mroz 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Sergent 9 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Torre di Aimonin 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

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Description

The Orco Valley beautifully set in the Piemont Region of Italy. Narrow roads and pastoral landscape lead to granite walls fractured by cracks of all sizes and difficulties. Some Italian climbers have nick-named the area "Little Yosemite", complete with the "Caporal" and "Sergent", walls that multi-pitch. This is one of Italy's best traditional rock climbing areas.

Getting There

Orco Valley is located about a 2 hour drive from Milan. The town of Cuorgnè is the entrance to the valley. The cliffs are located along either side of the road at various locations.

Guidebooks

Valle Dell'Orco guidebook is region specific and quite recent: pizbube.ch/produkt/67234EE5…

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Classic Climbing Routes at Valle dell' Orco

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 4 ● Pesce D'Aprile Trad 5 pitches Torre di Aimonin
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a 8 ● Apogeo Trad Dado
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 7 ● Incastro Mania Trad Sergent > Settore Centrale
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 6 ● Fessura della Disperazione Trad 6 pitches Sergent > Settore Centrale
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 4 ● Nautilis Trad 7 pitches Sergent > Settore Destro
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 5 ● Bianca Parete Trad Dado
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c 4 ● Orecchio + Itaca + Rattle Snake Trad 6 pitches Caporal
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 13 ● Fessura Kosterlitz Trad Sergent > Unsorted Sergent routes
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 5 ● Sitting bull Trad Dado