Rocca Canterano
The crag of Rocca Canterano is composed of two climbing areas, at an altitude of about 850 meters and North- East faced, nestled in nice wood.
The first area offers single pitches with lengths ranging between 18 and 35 meters. The second has only multi-pitches routes, but it can also be used as a single pitches area because all the first pitches have a chain with an open carabiner at the stop.
The base of the routes is comfortable and the approach is quite easy.
It’s good for climbing in summer (during the afternoon) and during the mid-seasons. Not recommended in winter, because of the cold and of the humidity.
The climbing style is various, because the walls are vertical, but interspersed with nice roofs, and cut by corners.
The anchors are all certified and made of A4 stainless steel.
Approach
FROM ROME, or FROM SOUTH
Take the highway A24 to L’Aquila and exit at Castel Madama. Then take the SP 33a, and follow the signs to Rocca Canterano. Continue following the signs to Canterano, which, after about a dozen of Km, make you turn left taking the SP47 road. Once about at the entrance of the town, don’t enter, but turn left, following the signs to the hamlet Rocca di Mezzo. Cross the small inhabited center and park your vehicle in the well-visible parking spaces in Piazza San Rocco Square, at the end of the town.
FROM L’AQUILA, or FROM NORTH
Take the highway A24 to Rome and exit at Carsoli. Then take the SS5 Tiburtina road following the signs to Rome, and continue for about 8-9 Km. Once at the junction with the la SR 411 Sublacense road (leading to Subiaco), turn left going toward Subiaco.
After about 15Km, leave the SR411 sublacense road and turn right taking the SP47A road, following the signs to Rocca Canterano. Pass the inhabited of Rocca Canterano, and continue following the signs to the fraction Rocca di Mezzo. Cross the small inhabited center and park your vehicle in the well-visible parking spaces in Piazza San Rocco Square, at the end of the town.
