Sunday, March 28, 2021

Easter Climbing around Locarno

Days and routes:

This time all ratings are from the SAC book

Monday 29.03.2021

Ponte Brolla Castelliere
  • Zuchtigt go home, 5a
  • Gero, 4c
  • Chili, 5a (A lead, g top rope)
  • Pizzochieri, 4b in approach shoes (g lead, A top rope)
  • Noggeli, 5a
  • Sunneblume, 5a
Beautiful weather, sooooo nice to be climbing again

Tuesday 30.03.2021

Ponte Brolla Castelliere
  • Pisello 5a
  • Scala 5a+ 2 pitches up, abseil down
  • Aebiana, 5b
  • Wim, 5a
  • Via Eugenio from second step, 4c (g only)
  • Scala from second step, 5a+ (both toprope)
  • Drötechopf from second step 4c, 4c
  • Via Eugenio, 3a, 3b, 3b in approach shoes
Hike down to Tegna and then along to Ponte Brolla

Wednesday 31.03.2021

Ponte Brolla Placche de Tegna
  • Ostro 5a
  • Mekka 5a
  • Chiara 5a
  • Bionda 5b
  • Recta 5a
  • Muckel 5b
  • Magnolia 5a
  • Trio 1 4c (both top rope in approach shoes)
super fun climbing with a mix of slab and face. We could have done the last couple 5s too, but it was pretty hot

Thursday 1.04.2021

Placche Rosse
  • Harlem: 4c, 5b, 5a, 5a, 4b (g started)

Friday, 2.04.2021

Rest day

Saturday, 3.04.2021

Sunday, 4.04.2021

Monday, 5.04.2021

Tuesday 6.04.2021

Ponte Brolla Castelliere
  • Framezzo 5a+ (A toprope only)
  • Le Le 5b (A toprope only)
  • Vespa 5b (A toprope only)
Placche Rosse
  • Havanna 5c, 5b, 4c, 5b (only first 4 pitches then it got too cold/windy. g started)

Wednesday 7.04.2021

Ponte Brolla Castelliere
  • Palatore 5a
  • Barba 5a
  • Farfalla 4a, 4c (to move to next step, g in approach shoes)
  • Schogsii upper part 5a (A only)
  • Noggeli upper part 5a (A only)

Thursday 8.04.2021

Placche Rosse
  • Lavori de Giardinaggio 4a, 5a, 5a, 5b+ (A started, the last pitch - also the last pitch of Havanna - was interesting, but the rest were kind of boring)
  • First two pitches of La Serenissima 5c, 6a (A started, this was super fun and challenging)

    Friday 9.04.2021

    Ponte Brolla Placche de Tegna
    • Orientale 3c, 3c, 4b, 4b, 4a (g starts, both in approach shoes, this was definitely not easy in the approach shoes)
    Then we followed the use trail and traversed to:

    Ponte Brolla Castelliere
    • Verme Verde 3b, 4a, 3c, 3b, 3a, 3a (A starts, both in approach shoes)

    Saturday 10.04.2021

    Rest day