[andy_e]

is there any bouldering here, or anywhere near? I'm going here for my 6-week mapping project this summer and need some climbing to stop me going insane.

[Nibile]

i don't know exactly about the pass, but nufenen is the small (very small) village where i was staying this past summer, and it's 15 mins drive from magic wood and one hour from cresciano.
does this help?

[andy_e]

  You've just made me a very, very happy geologist!

[andy_e]

Oh, wait. Nufenen and Nufenenpass are two different places. 

[Nibile]

yes, and nufenenpass is like 15 minutes away from san gottardo bouldering area and maybe 45 minutes from chironico.
now, does THIS help?
time to be a happy geologist again i think.

[andy_e]

Yesh fankoo 

[andy_e]

next question then- what guidebook is san gottardo in?

[Nibile]

it's in the "san gottardo bouldering" guide, that you can purchase in cresciano, chironico and the likes. it comes with a discount if you buy it with one of the two others "cresciano bouldering" or "chironico bouldering", for 45 francs, if i remember well.
i will bring the giude with me when i'll get at your place the evening of the your very first day, so don't buy it yet.

[Richie Crouch]

Let me know what month you are doing the field work Andi, as I was planning on going over to Magic Wood for a month or 2 in summer, then maybe on to check out some new areas in Italy!

[andy_e]

what months

 

Most likely July/August. Psyched for some scouse visitors!

[andy_e]

Anyone got any beta on San Gottardo bouldering? Google doesn't have much... 

[Jim]

Its ok. You need the guide (from the tourist office in bellinzona). It gets well cold up there even in the summer so take more than shorts and a wife beater (I froze my tits off).
Also be prepared to be spanked on 6th grade problems