Gran Paradiso and Monte Rosa
A tour in the Western Alps, between Gran Paradiso and Monte Rosa, with a nice team of guys doing activities in the Apennines. Thanks to the excellent weather and glacier…
Summer, time to climb
After a long ski season, with lots of snow and low temperatures until the beginning of June, summer has finally arrived. With the warmth and the green colouring of the…
A great ski season
Summer has arrived in the Dolomites and we can put an end to one of the strangest, most difficult, but also beautiful and longest ski seasons. On the one hand…
Hochgall/Collalto 3436 m, north-west face
Mount Collalto (Hochgall in German) 3,436 m is the highest peak in the Puster Alps. Its north-west face is one of the most interesting steep ski lines in the eastern…
Steep skiing and skimountaineering in the Dolomites: a nice Spring
Several snowfalls and below-average temperatures have resulted in excellent conditions in the Dolomites, with fresh snow at high altitudes and still good snow cover down to the valley floor on…
Great peaks, traverses and new routes
Spring began with alternating days, first very warm, then with particularly low temperatures and wind. The snow, mostly compact and also icy, is very safe and suitable for technical ascents…
Steep skiing, new places and new lines
It seems impossible, but this season the lifts never opened in the Dolomites. A difficult situation for the work and the the mountain economy linked to the tourism, but also…
Agner, South – North traverse
The Agner is one of the symbolic peaks of the Dolomites and offers one of the most complete ski mountaineering traverses, but rarely in good, safe conditions. A lot of…
Top skimountaineering conditions in Dolomiti
A long period of high pressure and typically spring-like conditions, together with excellent snow cover down to low altitudes, made it possible to carry out long and complex ski mountaineering…
A season without ski lifts
We are now in the second half of February, Carnival has already passed, but the ski lifts are still closed. After yet another postponement, they will certainly not open until…
A true Winter
The month of January has been a real winter month so far, with low temperatures and lots of snow, which, thanks to the cold weather, has always remained powdery, even…
Ski season 2020/2021: lots of snow and covid 19
The ski season in the Dolomites started with the big snowfalls at the beginning of December. Lots and lots of snow. The statistics say it was the snowiest month in…
