Great climbing at Massone, Falecia

10 minutes walk from the parking.

We decided to head back to Massone after our yesterday's failed climbing session spoiled by the sudden rain. We learned from our earlier mistake and headed towards the crag earlier to avoid potential afternoon rain.

Massone crag is located about 3 kilometers from the city center of Arco. Crag is loacted on the eastern side of the Sarca river at the Massone village. It is nearby the Via Olivi road that heads up to the Monte Ben. Road to the crag is mostly narrow and running through tiny gateways and then through olive groves. Because of the narrow streets and our clumsy car we decided to park our car next to Via Maffel road on a free parking and take about a ten minutes walk up to Massone crag's first entry point. Entry is locates on the first serpentine turn towards right it has also a parking for drivers who want to drive up there. Crag itself is divided into a six sectors offering grades from 4a up to 9a and height of the routes being between 12 to 25 meters. Our choise was to start from the sector A that offers grades from 4a to 6c.

Massone wall.

Rock was pretty much ok and mostly it wasn't too polished. Surprisingly the the Massone crag wasn't overcrowded either. Maybe it was the temperature of 35 celcius degrees, meaning hot for Finns! Climbing at the Massone during the hot summer months is hard because at least sectors A, B and C are exposed to to sun from the 10 am to the late afternoon. Good water reserves were a necessity for the day's climbing session.

Our team completed all the 4 and 5 graded routes from sector A and few 5 and 6a routes from sector B and C. Some of the grades might be slightly out of the actual grade. One emple of a  such a route is number 9 "Boiacca" - 5c, wich was downgraded.



Again Arco has provided a good climbing day for us. Yet another reason to have some more gelato.
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View from the top towards overhaning parts of the wall.