Versante Sud Valli Bresciane climb guidebook

Versante Sud Valli Bresciane is a climbing guide dedicated to the province of Brescia which has a boundless mountain territory: the Adamello with its large masses of granite, the central-southern limestone and dolomite areas, three lakes, four valleys with a infinity of small and large walls suspended here and there on the slopes.

Yet - either due to the vastness of the territory, which has made explorations complicated, or due to the reluctance of the people of Brescia to talk about themselves - to date little is known about the heritage of crags dedicated to climbing present in the Camunian, Triumpline, Valsabbine and Gardesan mountains . And, although in the 1980s Brescia was one of the areas from which the free climbing revolution in Italy started (on Mount Maddalena and at the Cava di Virle there are some of the first 8a freed in our country), many walls in the province are frequented almost only by locals.

The exception of the Opol Valley, on Lake Iseo, a destination for climbers from all over Europe, confirms the rule: many other sites, interesting, valuable and in magnificent environments, remain a solitary playground for lizards , dormice, falcons and occasional local climbers.

This guide - unfortunately not yet all-encompassing - is an invitation to explore the mountains of Brescia and its walls and to discover - hidden behind the cumbersome and at the same time inconsistent curtain of the industrial infrastructures of the valley floor - the beauty of a humble and magnificent nature, which it has a lot to offer the beginner and the advanced climber.