Type: Trad, 300 ft (91 m), 3 pitches
FA: Ignazio Dibona, Pietro Apollonio, Dino Stefani. September 1934.
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Shared By: Jason Halladay on Jul 29, 2009 · Updates
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Description Suggest change

While the name of the route implies you'll climb the corner, you really climb the face just to the right of the corner with the occasional stem out to the left face.

Pitch 1 and 2 (55m): With a sixty meter rope, P1 and P2 can be combined easily. From the base of the corner, climb easy ground up to decent ledge and small roof above. Clip a piton and pull the awkward roof (crux) to clip another piton and a few bolts to the first belay (fixed gear). Continue up the fun and easy (but pretty polished) face clipping bolts and pitons along the way. The guidebook shows only a few pitons or bolts but the route has seen a retrobolting job and now has a fair number of bolts for lead protection and for belays. Belay from a fixed gear belay when you're nearly out of rope.

Pitch 3 (50m):
Continue up the face climbing enjoyable jugs and throwing out your left foot to stem every now and then. Reach a big ledge at the notch between the shorter summit of Torre Romana on the right (the western summit of Torre Barrancio) and the summit of Torre Barancio on the left where it would be possible to belay but I'd recommend you keep going. Step across the gap to the left and continue up steeper ground to the grassy summit of Torre Barancio where you'll find a huge ring cemented into the summit block for a belay. The last 20 feet of climbing to the summit is on lower quality rock and caution should be exercised.
The view of the Croda da Lago mountains and the Tofana di Rozes from the summit of Torre Barancio is grand.

Location Suggest change

From the Rif. Scoiattoli, hike five minutes down to the Torre Grande. Take a low trail down and around (west) of the Torre Grande and the smaller formation west of Torre Grande. Head back east towards the Torre Barancio. The NW Corner will be obvious.

Protection Suggest change

Eight single length runners and a couple of camalots from .75 to 2 to supplement the pitons and bolts would be adequate. You could find more pro opportunities if you wanted. Expect it to feel a bit runout if just clipping pitons and bolts. All belays are fixed gear belays.

Descent Suggest change

Two 25m rappels down the tower's south side with a short hike around the tower's west side to the base of the route. Bring your hiking shoes. Do NOT thread your rope through the big ring on the summit because pulling it will likely result in a stuck rope. Instead, downclimb six feet to a good ledge (exposed) to find a big rappel ring on the ledge. Rappel 25m straight down to another big rap ring. Rappel 25m to the ground. The last rappel goes down a fun-looking sport route which may have a party on it so be careful. It would be possible to TR this route from the rap station if you're looking for more climbing.

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