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Ascent of Monte Limbara on 2009-10-11

Climber: Rob Woodall

Date:

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Motorized Transport to Trailhead:

Car

Peak:

Monte Limbara

Location:

Italy

Elevation:

1359 m / 4459 ft

Ascent Trip Report

Visited late afternoon after La Marmora and Monte Senes.

Road leaves SS392 at N40:51:40 E9-07-41, climbing to Valliciola with many zigzags. Above here the road is narrower, finishing at a fenced military telecomms compound. Shorly before the top of the road, a dirt road leads R, finishing at a single comms mast. Park just before the mast (N40:51.023 E9:10.519). A path heads SW between 2 granite tors. The one to the R (W) is the summit. The easiest route climbs 3m to a ledge, follows this R, then climbs a 2m crack (which I climbed using a foot jam, awkward but not very exposed, more awkward to descend). GPSr at summit recorded N40:50.955 E9:10.485, 1352m - rather lower than the mapped elevation.

I drove up in heavy rain and waited while it ceased. The view from the summit was intermittently cloudy with a nice rainbow and views of surrounding slightly lower tors. This whole area is popular for free-climbing although the area around the masts is apparently neglected by climbers (see peakbagger.org)

I then drove south to Monte Rasu which I summited the following morning.

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

31 m / 99 ft

Grade/Class:

YDS 4

Quality:

7 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)

Route Conditions:

Unmaintained Trail, Exposed Scramble

Weather:

Cool, Breezy, Overcast
Immediately after heavy rain; in and out of cloud

Ascent Statistics

Elevation Gain:

31 m / 99 ft

Distance:

0.5 km / 0.3 mi

Route:

SE face, NE ridge

Trailhead:

By nearby comms mast. 1328 m / 4360 ft

Time Up:

20 Minutes

Descent Statistics

Time Down:

10 Minutes

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