Monte Procinto (Apuan Alps)

Monte Procinto (1177 m) is a squat limestone tower in the southern Apuan Alps above Stazzema in Versilia, ringed at its base by a ledge path (the 'cintura') from which 80 to 150 m walls rise on every side. It has been climbed since the 19th century (a via ferrata was built on the south side in 1893), and the sport-climbing boom of the 1980s and recent bolting by local guides and climbers have covered it with steep, athletic routes on big but spaced holds. Leave the A12 at Versilia, drive towards Stazzema and, at the last hairpin before the village, fork right to the road end; the Rifugio Forte dei Marmi (865 m) is under an hour up path 5A and the tower about 15 minutes beyond. Climb from late spring to autumn; the walls stay wet for a long time after rain.

GuidebookAlpi Apuane Multipitch, Gregorio Pedrini (2026, Versante Sud). Buy from versantesud.it. The route pages here are aggregated by AI from public sources; climb with the guidebook.