Description

Together with La Vela, Zambana is one of the first crags that were developed in the area of Trento. Even if in this topo we are talking about history, you should not be worried about the routes equipment, since the local climbers periodically take care of their maintenance.
Zambana collects over 70 routes going from 5 to 8a/b, a wide difficulty range. The walls are vertical on the crag sides, but in the middle there is a nice overhang. There are only a few challenging routes that have been free climbed on this section of the wall, while the others can be faced with the dry tooling equipment.
The rock is limestone and few routes could result a bit polished but are still nice.
The wall faces East, so it is shadowed in the afternoon. During Summer, if you are lucky with the forecast and the wind blows, you could find good conditions.
The approach is super short and the crag base is flat and comfortable.

Note: the routes on the left side of the wall untangle among a large amount of bolts. By climbing there and talking with kind local climbers we were able to draw the original lines. Have a care look at the topo if you do not want to get lost :)

History

Zambana has been developed by many climbers during the years. Some of them: M. Benardi, U. Helfer, D. Lunel, L. Bertolla, M. Mattivi, A. Tait, C. Tonazzolli, D. Sebastiani, C. Merlo, P. Telch.
Periodic maintenance is carried out by local climbers.