On our last day of climbing at Arco we headed into Parete Pezol with the rest of the group from the International Mountaineering Group section of the Munich branch of the German Alpine Club. It was a relatively recently bolted route which meant that it wasn’t very polished, but being limestone meant that it was quite likely there would be some loose rock.

The walk in was really great with hardly any distance or ascent, and immediately with fantastic views over Lake Garda. We decided to climb Claudia 22 which was a 10 pitch UIAA 5+. The route was really fantastic with mostly pretty good climbing and sound enough rock, the highlight for me was the combination of the climbing with the wonderful position over the valley looking down Lake Garda.

It was a shame that there was a single Italian team behind us, which did not want to give us much space on the belay and added unnecessary stress to the day.

We arrived at the top shortly after the others in the group, where we enjoyed lunch before making the short descent back to the car and a well earned ice cream in Arco.

View over Lake Garda on the walk in to Parete Pezol
Celina on Claudia 22, Arco
Becky on Claudia 22, Arco
Celina and Becky on Claudia 22, Arco
Celina and Becky on Claudia 22, Arco
Becky on Claudia 22, Arco
Alex on Via Cercando la trincea, Arco
Alex on Via Cercando la trincea, Arco
Celina on Claudia 22, Arco
Becky on Claudia 22, Arco
View over Lake Garda from the top of Claudia 22
Us on the Parete di Pezol in front of Lake Garda