The place
The Becco dell'Aquila, the Eagle's Beak, juts from the summit ridge above an east face capped by one of the biggest overhangs in Europe. Climbers needed 35 days and 17 bivouacs for Il Grande Incubo in 1997, and David Lama and Jorg Verhoeven freed Brento Centro, 29 pitches at 8b, in 2010. In season, an outfitter reckons, about 150 people jump a day.
Is it legal? Tolerated under the Italian BASE Association's rules.
- 3exits to start
- 1more to find
- 8cross-country goals
The exits and launches
3 exits you know from the start. 1 more is out there for whoever walks the rim and looks.
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Becco dell'Aquila
■■■■■Down the fixed ropes from the plateau to a tilted ledge on the face: 400 m of overhanging limestone, then the slabs, 1,100 m to Gaggiolo.
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Monte Stivo
■■■■■The alpine meadows under the summit of Monte Stivo, 1,977 m, facing west over Arco and the north of Lake Garda: the Sarca valley's classic launch, a long walk or a 4×4 up.
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Monte Baldo
■■■■■Down the slope from the top of the Malcesine cable car at Tratto Spino, 1,549 m, facing west over Lake Garda, 300 m south of the cable (it runs down the mountain west from the station: keep clear of it): one of the lake's busiest launches, up in the rotating cabins.
Cross-country goals
Monte Stivo to Monte Brento · Monte Baldo to Monte Altissimo · Monte Stivo to Monte Casale · Monte Stivo to Monte Altissimo · Monte Baldo to Cima Valdritta · Monte Stivo to Monte Baldo, over the lake · Monte Baldo to Monte Stivo · The Alto Garda triangle
