Astronave

East    15 min. 18 6b ÷ 8b  2013
It’s a crag just 5 minutes from the Caffetteria, always overhanging, but the type of rock changes sharply: compact gray limestone. Even here the required level is quite high (7c or 8b!), it is in fact a beautiful cave with an interesting slightly overhanging wall to its right. The quality of the rock and its routes (above all: “Millennium Falcon”, “Discovery”, “Arcadia” or “Narada”) makes it a really interesting sector. Very suitable for summer: cool and airy, in the shade from h. 11.00 the left side and from h. 14:00. the right side.

Approach

After the village of Alto, continue towards Caprauna and after passing a tunnel (4.5 km from Alto) after a few hundred meters turn left towards Aquila d'Arroscia. After 500 meters there is a dirt road on the left, to go to the Sorgente, take this dirt road and follow it for 700 meters, up to the wooden tables, where you park; the crag is a little further. For the other crags continue for 3.5 km and park on the left side of the large curve to the right (piece of rope tied to a tree as signposts). Take the path that goes down into the woods and in 10 min. leads to the Caffetteria. For the ASTRONAVE, once almost reached the Caffetteria, do not go down to the crag, but continue the path on the left, which in 5 min. leads to the base of the sector (the ASTRONAVE can also be reached by a low path that arrives from the QUARTIERE).