- Limestone should be fine if dry
UMBRIA — VALNERINA · LIMESTONE
Ferentillo — Il Gabbio climbing conditions
Good — dry and climbable
Right now
Assessment
7-day forecast
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- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Limestone should be fine if dry
- Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
- Wet limestone is dangerously slippery
About Ferentillo — Il Gabbio
Il Gabbio is the flagship cave sector at Ferentillo, tucked behind the medieval hilltop village in the Valnerina valley. A large limestone cave decorated with pockets and tufas — technical, athletic, mostly harder-grade climbing. The essential attribute for the forecast: the roof depth keeps most of the hard climbing bone dry in heavy rain, so this is a genuine wet-weather refuge for central Italy climbers when the region's other crags are shut down by storms. Historically significant — Ferentillo was the first place anywhere in Italy where a local town council decided to bear the costs of bolting the crag, making it a pilgrimage site for the sport-climbing history buffs.
- Region
- Umbria — Valnerina
- Rock type
- Limestone
- Aspect
- mixed-facing
- Altitude
- 260m
- Exposure
- medium
- Seepage
- low