Switzerland · Ticino
Quarzader
Slab pitches give way to a vertical wall threaded with quartz veins, which gives the route its name. It is shady in the morning, and the pitches are short (about 35 m), so 11 go quickly.
6a11 pitches400 m
Ticino
Switzerland
Ponte Brolla is a low-lying gneiss crag at the mouth of the Valle Maggia, just outside Locarno. It is a spring and autumn venue, with river pools and campsites nearby.
- Routes
- 2
- Grade span
- 4bto6a
- Longest route: Quarzader
- 400 m
Where and when
Location and climate
Loading map
Ponte Brolla crag · 432 m
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar (usual season) | Apr (usual season) | May (usual season) | Jun (usual season) | Jul | Aug | Sep (usual season) | Oct (usual season) | Nov (usual season) | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily high °C | 6 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| Mean daily low °C | −2 | −2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | −1 |
| Rain days 1 mm or more | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
| Sunshine hours a day | 6.7 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
● marks the usual climbing season. Averages for 1991-2020 at about 432 m. Area climate from Open-Meteo reanalysis (about 10 km grid): the wall and valley can differ. Data: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0.
2 routes
Routes in Ticino
Switzerland · Ticino
Nika
The easy neighbour of Quarzader: seven pitches of gneiss slab and small steps up the right-hand spur above the Maggia, at 4b if you take the right-hand finish. Much quieter than Quarzader and very well bolted. Finish with a swim in the river.
4b7 pitches250 m
Local words
At the crag and in town
French
- corde
- rope
- dégaine
- quickdraw
- spit, goujon
- bolt
- plaquette
- bolt hanger
- relais
- belay, anchor
- Sec !
- Take!
- Du mou !
- Slack!
- Avale !
- Take in!
Italian
- corda
- rope
- rinvio
- quickdraw
- spit, fix
- bolt
- sosta
- belay, anchor
- tiro
- pitch
- Blocca!
- Take!
- Corda!
- Slack!
- Recupera!
- Take in!
German
- Seil
- rope
- Expresse, Exe
- quickdraw
- Bohrhaken
- bolt
- Stand
- belay, anchor
- Seillänge
- pitch
- Zu!
- Take!
- Seil!
- Slack!
- Seil ein!
- Take in!
Switzerland