Climbing Guide to italy

Climbing in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

The Friuli-Venezia Region is a great location for a climbing vacation. Many of the classic cliffs are located along the Adriatic coastline, and if you climb at Erto, or across the Slovenian border at Osp, you will find climbs at higher grades to challenge yourself on.  

Friuli-Venezia region consists of a flat plain, close to the Tagliamento river and to the Adriatic coastline, with its plain and lagoons; a foothills region that includes the  Carnic and Julian Pre-Alps; and an Alpine Part, which includes the Carnic and Julian Alps. The main climbing areas are near the city of Trieste, with some smaller cliffs throughout the northern part of the region.  The best know climbing area is Erto climbing area, located in the western part of the region near the Veneto Region border.

PLEASE READ: if you can get to one of the sites I have described, be sure to buy the local guidebook if it is being sold by someone who has bolted routes in the area. The routes I recommend are routes I have tried over the years, I cannot tell you how some of the routes are now since I do not climb at the same level.

Friuli Venezia Rock Climbing Sites

• Doberdò del Lago
• Erto Rock Climbing Site | Climb Italy
• Anduins (Masarach)
• Bosplans (Al Palazzo)
• Costiera
• Napoleonica
• Sistiana
• Avostanis (Pramosio)
• Ponte San Quirino
• Rifugio Pordenone
• Piancavallo
• Dardago
• Val Rosandra
• Osp
• Dolge Nuve
• Falesia del Nut
• Bila Pec
• Monte Strabut
• Cretons
• Madrabau
• Villanuova
• Sompiago
• Braulins
• Masarch
• Travesio