Boulders: 🚶♂️ 5' - ⛰️1220+ MSL - 🧭 N/E/S/W - ☀️ all day
Placche di Boazzo: 🚶♂️ 1' - ⛰️1220 MSL - 🧭 S - ☀️ all day
Scoglio di Boazzo: 🚶♂️ 5' - ⛰️1240 MSL - 🧭 S - ☀️ all day
Lago di Boazzo is a beautiful climbing area in the middle of the Daone valley and spread along the right bank of lake Boazzo. Climbing here, close to the lake, is really something indescribable.
There are plenty of boulder problems here, but they can be climbed only if they are not covered by the water. In fact, after long rainy periods or during Spring, when the snow melts, the lake level can be really high, covering most of the boulders. The boulders stay sunny all day, so this area turns out to be a good destination during Winter and mid seasons.
There are some hard testpieces lines, up to 8A+, together with easy lines, suitable also for first timers, but most of the lines score difficulties around 6C/7A.
Having an incredible short approach, one could appreciate some nice multi-pitches described in the Scoglio di Boazzo sector. Just on the road side there are some really challenging slabs around 6b/6b+ grade in the sector Placche di Boazzo.
The quality of the rock and the friction are really good all around this area.
And now a couple of paragraphs to describe the beauty of Daone valley.
Daone is a narrow river valley starting from the Adamello glaciers, where it is possible to admire the natural beauty of waterfalls and forests and the characteristic villages.
The valley extends from the small village of Daone, runs along the artificial lakes of Boazzo and Bissina and ends in the so-called Val di Fumo.
Daone features varied vegetation and many small creeks, the perfect home to many wild animals, in particular ungulates such as deer and roe deer. It is suitable for relaxing walks for the whole family.
During Winter, the many torrents turn into beautiful ice-falls, which are highly frequented by those who practice ice climbing. During Summer and the mid-seasons, the valley becomes the kingdom of boulderers thanks to thousands of problems of all difficulties on an incredible high quality granite. The boulders are spreaded among quiet pine forests, on green meadows and also on the shores of the small mountain lakes. The problems reported in the topo were cleaned and climbed by climbers coming from all over the world, but Daone still has a lot of potential. Meetings as “GraMitico” and “Cleanforclimb” have been hosted in the valley during the last years and gave an important contribution in the discovery of new lines. Please do not hesitate to tell us if you spot something new!!
The area is often cold thanks to its altitude (over 1000 meters) and north exposure, so generally the climbing season starts in March when the snow melts. In this period the boulders may be a little dirty, but do not worry, give a couple of brushes and they will come back like new!
Summer is also a good season for bouldering here and the area is a good refuge from the heat of the surrounding valleys.
And what about climbing? You can find almost every style in the valley since the amount of boulders is crazy. High-balls, slabs, powerful overhangs, slopers, crimps, perfect cracks and knobs. Yes, the knobs are particular holds having the shape of small mushrooms that are characteristic of Daone’s granite. There are also some sector with sport routes and multi-pitches. One final note: do not come during rainy days, cause the problems could be wet. Daone is a fairly humid valley and the shady boulders take some time to dry. But do not worry, those exposed to the sun dry very quickly!
