- Good conditions for granite
VAL DI MELLO · GRANITE
Grotta del Ferro (Val del Ferro) climbing conditions
Good — dry and climbable
Right now
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- Good conditions for granite
- Good conditions for granite
- Good conditions for granite
- Good conditions for granite
- Good conditions for granite
- Good conditions for granite
- Good conditions for granite
About Grotta del Ferro (Val del Ferro)
A vast granite roof / cave sector in Val del Ferro, a side branch of Val di Mello, 1 hour on foot up through ancient beech forest past two Ferro waterfalls. Grotta del Ferro is a 40m roof with about 15 routes from 8a to 9a+, bolted over three years by Simone Pedeferri and team. Routes are 35-45m long. The combination of deep-forest shade, valley-bottom altitude (1200m) and huge roof makes this the coolest summer venue in the whole Mello valley system — a genuine hot-weather refuge in the classic Ticino / Verzasca style. Impermeable granite plus roof means the crag stays climbable in most rain; only very heavy rain drives climbers off.
- Region
- Val di Mello
- Rock type
- Granite
- Aspect
- north-facing
- Altitude
- 1200m
- Exposure
- low
- Seepage
- low