The Rock climbing area Vernante in the Maritime Alps is great, located near the French border and near the rock climbing area Andonno. You will find those Limestone crags embedded in greenery near Limone Piemonte, a well established ski resort, and the crag offers good climbing in various grades.
Easy and fast access to 140 sport climbing routes and together with Andonno, just 15 minutes drive from these crags, this area offers almost 400 climbing routes and a lot of traditional climbing (in the "Valle Gesso", Madre di Dio, Nasta and Catena del CAI).
This region of Italy is different than most of what we have seen, not exploited in the same way as many other regions, still you will find a lot of space, genuine villages and not many tourists, a fantastic scenery with several peaks reaching more than 3000 meters, and of course the Natural Park, one of the largest in Italy.
Except for rock climbing and bouldering the area offers a lot of alternatives for resting days, as beautiful nature and perfect conditions for other activities; Mountain Bike, Hiking, Canoeing, Sci Alpinismo and Fishing. For exclusive resting, choose to enjoy the beneficial thermal waters of

the Valdieri Spa or take the car down to the Mediterranean Sea over a day (about 1,5 hours drive).
Some serious heavy rock climbing has been done here, and you will find a handful of routes graded harder than 8a+, and the rest of the climbing in various grades for each climbing level. The crag Gevernour offers a beautiful environment with stone bridges and a brook to

cool down after a day at the crag.
We where tempted to use superlative for this rock climbing region but didn't; we might find areas with the same, or even better conditions. However, climbing holidays in Andonno / Vernante is recommended.

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