Guide Alpine Arco

Guide Alpine Arco deals with hiking in mountainous environments, exploring all the sporting areas that this habitat welcomes.

The proposals of this group of guides operating on the hills surrounding Lake Garda are developed on programs graduated according to the commitment, difficulty and preparation of the participants and are aimed at both individual hikers and families who can, in this way, getting closer to the mountain and discovering it as a new environment, often outside what we consider our limits.

At the group of Arco Alpine Guides, you will find a lot of professionalism and a lot of fun, especially in the activities aimed at children, for whom there are special offers.

Seasonally, the areas of action of the guide center range between the most important activities:

• Canyoning in the Sarca Valley
• Trekking expeditions abroad
• Winter snowshoeing
• Ski Mountaineering Courses
• Ice climbing courses, internships and outings
• Rock climbing courses in the Dolomites
• Free Ride courses and outings.

For schools, winter or summer camps are planned to be able to integrate with the annual educational programs of elementary and middle schools. More technical paths are instead recommended for Universities, for which we provide support and research expeditions or those aimed at the same.

Accompanied by the Alpine Guides of Arco you can participate in canyoning descents in the beautiful, uncontaminated canyons of the Sarca Valley.

Surrounded by the beauty of an absolutely wild nature, you will live an exciting and fun experience that manages to combine climbing, trekking and many aquatic adventures in a single activity.

Toboggans created by ice or the incessant flow of water, natural pools, roped sections: whatever the technical level of the descent you participate in, one thing is certain, fun and wonder are guaranteed.

The descents provided by the Guides are of different levels, medium, difficult and "for experts", distributed throughout the excursions on the four canyons of the valley:

• Vione,
• Palvico,
• Iacuzzi,
• Vaio dell'Orsa.

All descents whose duration varies between 4-5 hours, excluding the Vaio dell'Orsa, the only one recommended only for experts and with a duration between 5 and 8 hours.

The Dolomites are the perfect stretch to host Ski Mountaineering excursions, due to the characteristics that the reliefs possess and the unique landscape in the world to which you will have access.

The areas of action of the guides regarding ski mountaineering excursions are positioned in the Dolomite massif and in the points of the Trentine Alps, in particular in the group of reliefs of Ortles Cevedale.

The courses offered in this area include excursions and are aimed at users interested in this part of hiking and knowledge of the problems related to them.

The courses are of two consecutive levels:

• Basic ski mountaineering course - consisting of five theoretical lessons and 4 mountain outings, explores the basic concepts of this sport, from the materials used to the fundamentals of nivology.
• Advanced course - four complete days in the mountains during which you will try the descents from particularly steep slopes, spend the nights in a refuge and learn the advanced methods of using specific equipment for more complex routes.

Daily excursions are also scheduled in the calendar for expert mountaineers or for students who have passed our courses.

The Free Ride activities and snowshoe excursions of the Guides are dedicated to mountain lovers in winter, but who are not satisfied with the slopes of packed snow and want to set out to discover the true aspect of the Alpine chain on exciting days off-piste, among pristine environments and uncontaminated slopes.

The outings are of all levels, from the most accessible ones, also perfect for families, to the training and certainly great fun ones for the students who have passed our specific courses.

Snowshoeing in the winter months is an excellent solution for experiencing hiking even in the colder months and allows you to move around the mountains even without knowing how to ski.

We are waiting for you in Arco, a short distance from the northern tip of Lake Garda.

In the company of the Arco Alpine Guides, true trekking enthusiasts will be able to participate in exciting expeditions to the most fascinating mountains and sites in the world.

In the spring or autumn season, the guide company organizes expeditions to the Everest massif, Namibia or Patagonia, among other interesting global destinations.

You will experience a new dimension of trekking, outside the box and the geographical and motor limits that we often set ourselves, to discover not only the most beautiful places but also the crossroads of cultures and the great traditions that populate these extreme places.

An experience that will enrich you from all points of view that you can live with expert and certified staff.

The Arco Alpine Guides are operational in the beautiful valleys and on the Dolomite reliefs near Lake Garda with excursion proposals that range from single guided outings to courses of the main sporting activities on rock, snow and ice.

There are two routes provided by the guides:

• ice climbing,
• climbing.

As regards ice activities, single outings are planned upon request or in the program for already experienced athletes, or training courses for those who want to experiment with this activity which will move the your motor and mental limits:

• Basic ice climbing course
• Climbing stage, from the first movements to the technicalities.

The Courses include weekend outings and have specific variations for children and families

As regards sports rock climbing activities, however, they range from training courses for childrento advanced training courses for those who already have the technical basis of progression on rock.