The lower cliff band on Monte Colt is commonly called Parete di San Paolo. On this long, but not very high rock face some of the most beautiful and famous climbing sectors in the valley were developed in the 1980s: the Parete di San Paolo and the Swing Area. Furthermore, in recent years, many routes have been developed, both sport and traditional. The beauty of the climbs, combined with the comfortable approach and quick return, make this wall one of the most popular sectors in the entire Sarca Valley.
Grades
Climbing difficulty (French)
- 4c: 1 route4c: 1 route
- 5b: 1 route5b: 1 route
- 5c: 6 routes5c: 6 routes
- 6a: 5 routes6a: 5 routes
- 6a+: 6 routes6a+: 6 routes
- 6b: 8 routes6b: 8 routes
- 6b+: 6 routes6b+: 6 routes
- 6c: 14 routes6c: 14 routes
- 6c+: 8 routes6c+: 8 routes
- 7a: 10 routes7a: 10 routes
- 7a+: 6 routes7a+: 6 routes
- 7b: 5 routes7b: 5 routes
- 7b+: 4 routes7b+: 4 routes
- 7c: 4 routes7c: 4 routes
- 7c+: 5 routes7c+: 5 routes
- 8a: 4 routes8a: 4 routes
- 8a+: 1 route8a+: 1 route
- 8b: 2 routes8b: 2 routes
- 8c+: 2 routes8c+: 2 routes
- 9a: 1 route9a: 1 route
- 9b: 2 routes9b: 2 routes
Most popular time of the year for climbing
- January: 14 ascentsJanuary: 14 ascents
- February: 18 ascentsFebruary: 18 ascents
- March: 90 ascentsMarch: 90 ascents
- April: 242 ascentsApril: 242 ascents
- May: 236 ascentsMay: 236 ascents
- June: 122 ascentsJune: 122 ascents
- July: 45 ascentsJuly: 45 ascents
- August: 135 ascentsAugust: 135 ascents
- September: 184 ascentsSeptember: 184 ascents
- October: 207 ascentsOctober: 207 ascents
- November: 61 ascentsNovember: 61 ascents
- December: 33 ascentsDecember: 33 ascents
Areas (4)
|
Title
|
Climbing style |
Grades |
Routes |
Ratings |
|---|
|
Placconata
(Cliff)
|
Alpine Climbing
|
|
2
|
|
|
Sud
(Sector)
|
Mostly Sport climbing
|
|
81
|
|
|
Centrale
(Sector)
|
Mostly Sport climbing
|
|
29
|
|
|
Nord
(Sector)
|
Mostly Alpine Climbing
|
|
45
|
|
|
Type
|
Title
|
Climbing style |
Grade |
Length |
Pitches |
Bolts
|
Ratings |
|---|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+
|
298 m
|
8
|
5
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
5+
|
140 m
|
6
|
8
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7-
|
169 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6-
|
90 m
|
4
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6
|
50 m
|
2
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
5
|
35 m
|
1
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+
|
171 m
|
7
|
13
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6
|
165 m
|
5
|
25
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7-
|
195 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+ A0
|
210 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7 A0
|
225 m
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7 A0
|
205 m
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7
|
160 m
|
5
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7+
|
200 m
|
7
|
12
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
5+
|
170 m
|
6
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6-
|
170 m
|
6
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6a
|
185 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6a+
|
25 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
5c
|
160 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6a+
|
200 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
5c
|
200 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+
|
197 m
|
7
|
10
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
5+
|
190 m
|
6
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+ A0
|
–
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7
|
200 m
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+
|
285 m
|
9
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7 A0
|
–
|
11
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+
|
270 m
|
9
|
10
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6c+
|
–
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7b A1
|
170 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7+ A0
|
–
|
9
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6
|
247 m
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6c
|
190 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7+ A0
|
225 m
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7- A0
|
250 m
|
11
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6c+
|
200 m
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6b
|
200 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6b
|
250 m
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6a
|
120 m
|
4
|
–
|
|
|
Up left from Promontorio di Kroz Main.
|
Sport climbing
|
–
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c
|
30 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c
|
38 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
The main wall of Promontorio di Kroz.
|
Sport climbing
|
–
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6b
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a+
|
20 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c
|
15 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6a+
|
17 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
5c
|
17 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
5b
|
25 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
5c
|
15 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6a
|
20 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6a+
|
20 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Up Right
|
Sport climbing
|
–
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
4c
|
10 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6b+
|
25 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a
|
22 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6b
|
10 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Lower Right
|
Sport climbing
|
–
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
5c
|
20 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a
|
25 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c
|
30 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c+
|
30 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Parte Bassa
|
Sport climbing
|
–
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
5c
|
12 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6a+
|
12 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6c
|
37 m
|
2
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6a
|
15 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6b
|
20 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Upper Right
|
Sport climbing
|
–
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
8a
|
20 m
|
1
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a
|
38 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Pilastro delle Vergini
|
Sport climbing
|
–
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c+
|
35 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7b
|
35 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a
|
30 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6c+
|
50 m
|
2
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7c+
|
45 m
|
2
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7b
|
25 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7b
|
45 m
|
2
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c
|
25 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6b
|
25 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a
|
25 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6c A0
|
275 m
|
11
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7 A0
|
260 m
|
9
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6a+
|
275 m
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7 A0
|
250 m
|
12
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7 A0
|
–
|
9
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7 A0
|
–
|
9
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7- A0
|
295 m
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+ A1
|
200 m
|
7
|
10
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7b+
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7c
|
–
|
2
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7b+
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7b+
|
26 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7c
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7c
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
8a
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7b
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7c+
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6a
|
40 m
|
2
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c
|
20 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6c+
|
40 m
|
2
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c+
|
20 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c
|
20 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6b+
|
–
|
2
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6b+
|
20 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a
|
40 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a
|
20 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Via delle Cariti
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6
|
220 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Via Aphrodite
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6
|
218 m
|
7
|
27
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+
|
200 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Via Bon Ton
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7
|
215 m
|
6
|
–
|
|
|
Via Simpatiche Canaglie
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6c A0
|
225 m
|
6
|
–
|
|
|
Via Penelope
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6b+
|
200 m
|
6
|
–
|
|
|
Via Persephone
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6b+
|
–
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Via Helena
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6
|
230 m
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
La Fuga dall'Hades
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6
|
200 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
La Fessura dell'Hades
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7+
|
243 m
|
8
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+
|
165 m
|
5
|
12
|
|
|
Via Pantarei
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6b+
|
180 m
|
6
|
–
|
|
|
Via Isis
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7-
|
140 m
|
5
|
–
|
|
|
Porci con le ali
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6b
|
180 m
|
6
|
–
|
|
|
Nuova Via
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6-
|
158 m
|
5
|
–
|
|
|
Argo
|
Alpine Climbing
|
5+
|
185 m
|
6
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6-
|
153 m
|
5
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6b
|
–
|
5
|
–
|
|
|
Via Dioniso
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+
|
–
|
4
|
–
|
|
|
Via Nereidi
|
Alpine Climbing
|
5+
|
125 m
|
4
|
–
|
|
|
Via Due Piccoli Pilastri
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6-
|
150 m
|
5
|
–
|
|
|
Dirade
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+
|
150 m
|
5
|
–
|
|
|
Pungitopo
|
Alpine Climbing
|
5
|
85 m
|
3
|
–
|
|
|
Vie Siuxsie
|
Alpine Climbing
|
5+
|
94 m
|
3
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6+
|
159 m
|
6
|
13
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
6c+
|
173 m
|
7
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7a
|
30 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
6c
|
30 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Alpine Climbing
|
7b+
|
33 m
|
2
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
30 m
|
1
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
8a+
|
30 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7c
|
20 m
|
1
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7c+
|
35 m
|
1
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7c+
|
22 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
8a
|
25 m
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
7c+
|
12 m
|
1
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
8a
|
20 m
|
1
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
8c+
|
20 m
|
1
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
9a
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
8c+
|
24 m
|
1
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
8b
|
24 m
|
1
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
8b
|
20 m
|
1
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
9b
|
–
|
1
|
–
|
|
|
Sport climbing
|
9b
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
Coordinates
DD
45.941135, 10.897549
DMS
45°56'28.1"N 10°53'51.2"E
UTM
32T 647086 5089257
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Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!
Approach
San Paolo's wall is very long, the road which joins Arco to Ceniga runs along its base. ALong this road you will find 3 car parks. The first is near the inn "La Lanterna" at Ruggero's, an ideal and hospitable place for all climbers.
2,406
Mandrea
(Crag)
26
Mappamondo
(Crag)
33
Block 5
(Crag)
1
Block 8
(Crag)
2
Block 10
(Crag)
3
Ca' del Liscio
(Crag)
6
Gola del Limarò
(Crag)
1
Masada
(Crag)
11
193
Il Giardino Sinistra
(Sector)
0
Il Giardino Destra
(Sector)
0
25
34
188
South face
(Crag)
5
East face
(Crag)
2
North face
(Crag)
5
West face
(Crag)
1
Climbing style
Maps and trails

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