Verzasca NW climb
A short, very steep climb above Verzasca in Ticino. The hardest 500 metres average 24.2% and come almost at once, before your legs have settled. Expect 9 to 15 minutes. At 2.7 TEP it sits in the easier half of the catalogue. Northwest-facing, so it stays cool and holds snow late. It is graded demanding alpine hiking: exposed scrambling, where a fall would be serious. The nearest named summit, Cima di Bri at 2,520 m, is 847 m away.
- TEP
- 2.7
- Climb
- +140 m
- Distance
- 0.8 km
- Average grade
- 18.3%
- Time
- 9 to 15 min
Climbs nearby
- Verzasca SE climb, 964 m at 17.0%, Ticino (same start)
- Personico W climb, 623 m at 20.2%, Ticino (1.4 km away)
- Verzasca S climb, 2.2 km at 30.1%, Ticino (2.5 km away)
- Personico E climb, 5.6 km at 21.3%, Ticino (2.7 km away)
- Gerra S climb, 1.1 km at 16.4%, Ticino (2.8 km away)
- Verzasca W climb, 1.1 km at 28.5%, Ticino (2.9 km away)
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