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Arco

Sport climbing in Trentino, Italy. The rope and quickdraws to bring, and the send-temps forecast.

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What to bring

Bring a 70 m rope. It lowers off 89% of the 2,140 sport pitches listed here. A 60 m does 71%.

About 15 quickdraws. Few pitches here list their bolts, so that's estimated from pitch length.

What each rope covers

  • 50 m45%
  • 60 m71%
  • 70 m89%
  • 80 m96%
Median
22 m
Most common
25 m
Longest pitch
55 m

At least a 60 m. A 70 m is ideal for the longer single pitches.

Source: climb-europe.com

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

Conditions

Rope & draws

Bring

70m

60 m works for most routes

Draws

~15

Your 70 m covers 89% of pitches

Median
22 m
Most common
25 m
Longest pitch
55 m

Draws: Estimate: about 1 bolt per 2.5 m

At least a 60 m. A 70 m is ideal for the longer single pitches.

Your 70 m lowers off 89% of pitches here (up to ~30 m). Check the topo for longer ones and knot the end.
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Check a specific route

Rope length

Route height (ground to anchor)

30m

Rope reaches

10 m of rope to spare.

Needed 60 mRope 70 m

Longest route or pitch

35 m

Comfortably ~30 m

  • •Knot the belayer’s end.
  • •Watch the middle mark.
  • •Topo heights are estimates.
  • •Traverses and roofs use extra rope.

Longest pitches at Arco

  1. Gioia Infinita55 m–
  2. I Like Tarn7c+55 m–
  3. Brucero per te50 m–
  4. Cannibali travestiti da Vegani50 m–
  5. Infinity9a50 m–

Rope by wall

The shortest rope that lowers off 90% of a wall's pitches (80 m where none does), and the share it covers.

WallRopeLongest
Ranzo201 pitches70 mcovers 94%40 m
Sarche196 pitches80 mcovers 97%40 m
La Gola171 pitches70 mcovers 92%47 m
Parete di Padaro161 pitches80 mcovers 89%55 m
Massone144 pitches70 mcovers 92%50 m
Monte Colt - San Paolo143 pitches70 mcovers 92%40 m
Bassilandia112 pitches80 mcovers 93%45 m
Red Point Wall96 pitches80 mcovers 82%55 m
Santa Massenza89 pitches80 mcovers 98%38 m
San Siro78 pitches70 mcovers 97%33 m
Monte Colodri49 pitches70 mcovers 100%30 m
Terra Promessa41 pitches70 mcovers 93%35 m

The 12 biggest of 37 walls. Pick any wall under Rope & draws above to see its numbers.

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

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