Climbing at Lake Garda

Take it to the top!

It is not just Arco – itself a Mecca for climbers – that is famed among avid climbers worldwide, but the entire Garda Trentino region! Whether on its numerous climbing walls, with their excellent safety standards, or on adventurous deep-water routes on the cliffs, or perhaps even on a detour to the rugged rocks of the Sarca Valley – climbing at Lake Garda is a passion and a feeling for life.

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Climbing in Garda Trentino

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The best way to the top

It is not just the rock faces that offer some of Garda Trentino’s best places for climbers and mountaineers, but also the many fully qualified accommodation providers.

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crag Shuttle Service

Want to reach some of the most popular climbing crags in Garda Trentino without the hassle? This year, there’s a new Crag Shuttle Service designed to get you to the area’s top climbing spots quickly and comfortably.

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CRAGS IN GARDA TRENTINO

CLIFFS, CARABINERS – AND SUNSHINE!

Rock Master di Arco

A spectacle hanging in the void, between clouds of magnesite and super-challenging routes – one that will see top climbers from all over the world compete.

For over three decades now the international climbing community has gathered beneath the great overhanging wall at Arco. Rock Master, world climbing’s cult event, returns to the Arco Climbing Stadium from 17 to 19 October. Who will conquer the Climbing Stadium wall?

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#THISISGARDATRENTINO

Garda Trentino may be a small destination, but it has the numbers to stand out – and offers unforgettable holidays to those who choose it.

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1987

Arco hosts Rock Master for the first time

24 crags and 731 routes

regularly maintained

the most difficult route in Italy

is located in Drena, it's the Excalibur 9b+

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Climbing Stadium

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STEFANO GHISOLFI

I chose Arco for climbing

“In Turin I had to leave home to practise sports, while here you are in an open-air gym.” That’s how Stefano Ghisolfi, climber from Turin and member of the Fiamme Oro—the sports group of the Italian police—describes his decision to move to Garda Trentino.

Born on 18 February 1993 and a graduate in Motor Sciences, Stefano first got into outdoor sports through mountain biking.

“I started out by following my dad, just for fun,” he recalls. “But when I was eleven, I swapped two wheels for a harness, carabiners and ropes. First climbing indoors, then moving to real rock.” It was that rock that brought him to Arco in 2016. “There’s something special in the air here—sport is really part of daily life.”

Stefano Ghisolfi is one of the strongest climbers Italy has ever seen. In Garda Trentino, he recently made the first ascent of Excalibur, a route graded 9b+: the hardest climb in Italy.