just planning a visit to cime grande for some mountaineering
has anyone climbed at cinque torri, just looking at other options if poor mountain weather. Are both venues fairly easily accessible from cortina with a car. Is the sport climbing at cinque torri any good around 6a-6c
> Are both venues fairly easily accessible from cortina with a car.
Yes.
Is the sport climbing at cinque torri any good around 6a-6c
There's plenty of it and the setting is great but I was underwhelmed by the quality of a lot of the sport routes. It's a good plan B for poor weather up high (which is what you were after) but not a destination IMO.
We found it quite entertaining on the towers that the multipitches were fully bolted with 316 stainless but the two abseils were enabled with old rusty pegs equalized with knackered polyester cord.
Might be worth taking a look at Sass Di Roccia at Laste Sass de Rocia
The rock there is higher quality and there are lots of hard routes of that's what you're looking for. Grades are tough though. But I think as a venue it's 100% better than 5 Torri for sport.
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