Swiss Select is a select bouldering guidebook to the three main areas of Ticino, Switzerland. Brione, Cresciano and Chironico host some of the world's best and most famous boulder problems, and Swiss Select details over 1200 of the best climbs in these areas. With high quality topographical images, and inspiring action shot photography from some of the world's best climbing photographers, this book aims to inform and inspire visitors to Ticino.The book is perfect for new or elite climbers, and great for first timers as well as regular visitors! Swiss Select contains full colour maps, as well as features such as QR codes and precise GPS coordinates to make finding the next project easy.The book also features historical information on the areas, many individual climbs, tips and tricks as well as some select boulders from some of the world's best climbers!pages 288edition 2025language englishEliot Stephens

21 years have passed since Ticinoboulder embarked on the exciting adventure of publishing the first bouldering guide to the crags of Cresciano. These 21 years are just the blink of an eye, an insignificant amount of time compared to the geological ages and history of the rocks scattered on the slopes of the Ticino mountains. The new guide has grown thanks to the efforts of other bouldering enthusiasts (local and foreign) who have discovered and developed new locations. Today we are able to present other very interesting bouldering areas, little gems that were previously unknown to most people. Preonzo, Prosito, Lodrino, Biasca and Malvaglia have been added. These areas are attractive for everyone (including families), there are routes of all levels of difficulty and for all tastes.The 5th edition of the Cresciano bouldering guidebook now includes a total of 27 sectors with 1850 bouldering problems in difficulty grades 3 to 8c+. This means that the 2023 edition has grown considerably and, in addition to the classic Cresciano, also presents the areas of Osogna, Claro, Preonzo, Prosito, Lodrino, Biasca and Malvaglia. The introductory pages of the guide provide information on the area, ethics, evaluation and handling of the book. Furthermore, all the pictograms used are described and the key terms are listed in three languages.All boulders are clearly illustrated in black and white photos. The location of the individual boulders is outlined at the beginning of each chapter. In addition, a bar chart provides an overview of the expected difficulties.308 pagesLanguage Italian / German / EnglishEdition 2023Ticino Boulder  

Over recent years The Gotthard Pass has gradually become a favoured rather than an optional summer bouldering area. Its location (boulders at 2000 meters above sea level) makes it particularly pleasant during the hot summer days. The presence of lichens (which never prejudices or disturbs the ascents) gives it the fascination of the more northern lands, completely different from the known areas in Ticino.Its beauty and the consistent number of problems makes it the third part of the triad of the Swiss Alps, together with Magic Wood and the Susten Pass. Because of this development we have now updated the Guide Book 2025 for this interesting and very special place for bouldering, and we hope that it will offer you enjoyable climbing days. Today there are 29 sectors and up to 1200 problems!192 pagesLanguage Italian / German / EnglishEdition 2025 Ticino Boulder

Bouldering in Chironico Many years after the first edition, the new bouldering guide of Chironico is published, greatly expanded and updated, with the addition of the new bouldering areas Altirolo, Sobrio and Gribbiasca. The Chironico bouldering guide now presents a total of 37 sectors with about 2100 problems between Nivo and Altirolo. The introductory pages of the guide bring info's about the area, the ethics, the evaluation as well as the handling of the book. Also all the pictograms used are described and the key terms are listed in three languages. All boulders are shown in black and white photos. The location of each boulder is outlined at the beginning of each chapter. In addition, an overview of the difficulties to be expected is provided by using a bar chart. 368 pages language italian, german, english edition 2023 Ticino Boulder

The standard for the most popular bouldering area in the central Alpine region of Switzerland - completely revised and significantly enhanced.Again the bouldering goings-on have been meticulously researched, old information was revised and the number of problems in the "database" for the forest was strikingly increased. For that the authors combed the woods for many days, numerous forgotten problems have been rediscovered and often reactivated with a lot of effort. Equally extensive the bouldering goings-on of the latest days were thoroughly updated also with the help of local climbers.About 240 new problems will be added to this edition, now more than 1450 lines will be described in the Magic Wood. Also in the upper grades starting from 7c+/8a up to 8c about 50 new problems could be recorded.The book is packed with functional details and a lot of information hence the stay in the area becomes easy and straightforward:Extremely helpful is an index of all problems. With this it's possible to locate specific problems inside the book very fast and efficiently.The 2 flaps of the cover can be used perfectly as book marks. Such the book can be marked super fast at the page where you are staying at the moment.With the purchase of a copy of that book each time the work of the IG Magic Wood, which cares exemplary about the preservation of the area, is financially supported. 224 pages language german / english / french edition 2023 U. & H. Röker GEBRO Verlag

The publishing project focused on Canton Ticino walls comes to a fulfilment with this guidebook reviewing the modern multipitches – including modern, sport and trad climbing.The area, in addition to many interesting crags, features wonderful routes on an excellent granite – one of the best in the Alps.The mild climate and the great variety of Ticino walls are favoured by many climbers coming from all over Europe, especially the nearby regions north of the Alps.This accurate and detailed guidebook has been compiled by the same authors who signed the volume describing the crags of Varese and Canton Ticino. They are both locals, and very active in promoting climbing in this area, where they sent many routes.Thanks to a networking effort with other local climbers they gathered a comprehensive set of up-to-date and detailed topos, including unpublished novelties, thus providing an extra-high accuracy.
The work is enriched by several articles and features, written by the authors themselves, relating their personal experiences on the walls of Ticino and interviews with the main characters of the local climbing community.240 pageslanguage germanedition 2016M. D. Bordella, D. MazzucchelliVersante Sud