Verzasca W climb
This very steep climb rises above Verzasca in Ticino. Expect 43 to 73 minutes. The hardest 500 metres average 50.3% and start 956 m in, so the worst of it lands when you are already committed. West-facing: shaded in the morning, in the sun through the afternoon. The nearest named summit, Pizzo di Mezzodì at 2,708 m, is 753 m away. At 49.0 TEP it is harder than almost every climb in the catalogue. It is graded demanding alpine hiking: exposed scrambling, where a fall would be serious.
- TEP
- 49.0
- Climb
- +733 m
- Distance
- 1.9 km
- Average grade
- 39.5%
- Time
- 43 to 73 min
Climbs nearby
- Sonogno W climb, 2.5 km at 35.0%, Ticino (1.1 km away)
- Verzasca SE climb, 7.0 km at 15.6%, Ticino (1.2 km away)
- Verzasca S climb, 749 m at 18.9%, Ticino (1.5 km away)
- Verzasca E climb, 1.7 km at 14.3%, Ticino (2.1 km away)
- Verzasca SE climb, 610 m at 20.3%, Ticino (2.3 km away)
- Verzasca S climb, 1.8 km at 35.6%, Ticino (3.7 km away)
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