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I'm thinking of heading to the Lecco / Como area in early June. Whats the multipitch sport in the area like? Is it well bolted or more 'mountaineering' style, eg, a small rack is needed? Is there much to go at upto around 6a?

Cheers.

In reply to kingborris:

I've only been to Galbiate which was really nice. There is some multipitch stuff there, although we stuck to single pitch. It's a really nice setting and easy to get to. It can get really hot though - we had to bail off of some stuff down by the lake because the rock was too hot to touch by lunch time (early September).

In reply to kingborris:

I can only speak for the Cassin route on Corna di Medale as, apart from that, we made do with singe pitch sport on our long weekend in Lecco. I seem to recall we took half a dozen nuts and a few friends and made use of them here and there. It's a thousand foot route with an easy approach and descent and bears the name of Ricardo Cassin - what more recommendation could it have? Be aware though it has a lot of greenery in the Summer. It doesn't really detract from the climbing but go in the early Spring if you want nice photos!
We did a good via ferrata on the face too.
Just up the road is the Grigna region where I've not yet climbed but from what I understand it's more like "mini-mountaineering" and I'd certainly take a rack on some of these climbs.
If you want a recommendation for an altogether unique eating experience in the area drop me a line!

In reply to Martin Bennett:

Thanks both. The cassin route looks pretty good!

In reply to kingborris:

have done some stuff at grigna, and this being at around 2000m asl is climbable very much climbable in summer. in addition, ther are several shady options. max length - mostly along ridges - was something like 10 pitches. take a moderate set of nut and friends to go with some threads, belays were bolted.