a small rocky range in Valgerola
The Valgerola is the westernmost among the valleys that, from Valtellina, enter the Orobie Alps.
A good, somewhere narrow, road starting from Cosio (Morbegno) leads to the main inhabited centre,
Gerola Alta, wherefrom 3 main valleys go on toward the Orobie ridge, from West :
- the
Val Vedrano, ending at the Alpe Vedrano and surrounded by "sweet" grassy summits
- the
Valle di Pietra, ending with some lakes and surrounded by sharp and rocky summits
- the
Pescegallo, ending with two basins, the W one is a small but good
(and cold) ski-area, the E one hosts a lake.
In the W part of this (last) valley the most famous rock climbing area of the range
the Rocca is the name of the whole rocky ridge that hosts, on its N part, the Denti della Vecchia ...
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