For climbers, Arco symbolizes a territory that extends far beyond the administrative boundaries of the municipality, encompassing a vast area described in the eponymous guidebook, which we have proudly published for exactly 20 years. Today, that volume can no longer contain the entire treasure trove of bolted rock faces, so this new edition, dedicated to the area closest to the city of Trento, is born. This new edition, more extensive and comprehensive, establishes this area as independent from nearby Arco.

Establishing this cragging district independent from nearby Arco has allowed us to extend it to the Valsugana, the valley bordering the Lagorai peaks to the south, a historic link between Trento and the Veneto region and Bassano del Grappa.

Concern for the local area is a key tenet of all the authors in this series, and here too, the published crags have been discussed and approved by those who created them, leaving those that, for various reasons, need to rest in the privacy of Trentino climbers.

The guidebook features 64 crags in total, from those with a dozen or so pitches to those with hundreds, from gray limestone to red porphyry to excellent granite. Most of the walls are well-protected with bolts, but there are also some equipped for trad climbing. Both authors are active bolters: some of the crags featured are their own, while others have been rebolted and cleaned by them.

Alessio Conz has been climbing since the early 1980s, frequenting the Sarca Valley and the Dolomites. A technical designer, rock climber, and surveyor specializing in rock wall consolidation, since 2010 he has worked as an Aspiring Mountain Guide for Lagorai Avventura, of which he is the founder. Since 2011, he has published several climbing, ski mountaineering, and mountain biking guides, as well as an essay on the history of bolting in the Dolomites.

Paolo Michielini holds a degree in Architecture and worked as a freelancer until 2014. He began climbing in the 1980s on the crags of the Feltre area, and from the 1990s onwards, he dedicated himself to establishing new routes in the Dolomites and bolting various crags. Since 2001, he has managed climbing gyms, working as a coach, route setter, and paraclimbing technician for FASI.