Chironico and Sobrio Bouldering Guidebook

Description

This is a definitive guidebook covering the granite bouldering at Chironico in Ticino region of southeast Switzerland. It also includes the smaller bouldering areas of Sobrio, Altirolo, and Gribbiasca. In total the guidebook covers 37 sectors and 2,100 boulder problems from Fb5 to Fb9a.

Chironico is another 'must-visit' venue for keen boulderers due to easy access and excellent quality of the rock providing problems across a wide range of grades. All the problems are shown on photo topos, with symbols indicating the style of the problem, such as if it is a sit start, has rounded holds, or fingery climbing. At the start of each sector there is a location map, plus extensive boulder overview maps and a bar chart provides an overview of the number of problems in each grade range.

Published in 2023 (revised 2nd edition) this guidebook is in Italian, German, and English text throughout. The introductory pages at the start of the guidebook provide a flavour of the type of bouldering found at Chironico and lots of information for the visiting climber.

Number of pages is 368.
Size is 140mm x 230mm.