Laghel off-limits at Arco

Worrying news comes from Arco, Italy, where the high-end crag Laghel is currently off-limits. This cliff hosts some of the hardest sport climbs in the world, including the two 9b’s One Slap and Queen Line freed by Adam Ondra and repeated so far by Stefano Ghisolfi only, as well as a project dubbed King Line which might even be 9c.

As "local" climber Ghisolfi explains, the crag is located on private land and the owner has decided to prohibit access. "The owner has the right to do so, but the problem is that Laghel is not a usual crag but is something unique in Arco and in Italy" explained the 26-year-old climber, adding that "We will try to find a deal with the owner, but for now please don't go to Laghel and hope everything will go in the best way possible."

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Attention! Very bad news... The crag Laghel, the hardest crag in Italy and possibly one of the hardest in the world (with the King Line Project, a possible 9c, and few other extreme routes), is on a private ground. We already knew it but nobody ever complained and everything was going fine, the owner used to know about the crag and used to let us climb. But last month, the owner came to the crag and "kindly" told us to stop climbing and go away from her ground, so we went immediately away. The owner has the right to do so, but the problem is that Laghel is not a usual crag but is something unique in Arco and in Italy. We are going to ask help to @gardatrentino and the city of Arco, but in the meantime it is prohibited to go climbing there (and it's a huge pity because conditions to try the King Line were prime). We will try to find a deal with the owner, but for now please don't go to Laghel and hope everything will go in the best way possible. If you have any suggestion on what we can do... everything could help, please spread the word in our climbing community, thanks!

A post shared by Stefano Ghisolfi (@steghiso) on Jan 27, 2020 at 7:05am PST