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…
Ski touring in Pustertal and Austria
A week of ski touring with my friend and colleague Jim in the valleys on the north of the Dolomites (Pustertal) and in Austria: Val Casies, Anterselva, Villgraten and Ahrntal.…
Freeride in Austria
The Winter season has been very dry on the southern side of the Alps, first of all in the Dolomites, but in Austria is like Japan, with tons of snow.…
Video: Steep Skiing Camp Mont Blanc
The video of our Steep Skiing Camp based in Chamonix, May 2018. Featuring: the couloir du Capucin, the Pointe Yeld traverse and the couloir des Cosmiques. Video by Matteo Sotti…
Steep Skiing Camp Mont Blanc
The second week of May we were in the Mont Blanc area, for a Steep Skiing Camp based in Chamonix. After a period of high temperatures, the conditions were not…
K2 touring launch event Val Maira
K2 invited, from the 10th to the 13th of April, a lucky group of skiers in Val Maira for a special launch of the new touring line. The participants, coming…
Monte Rosa
Last week (12/18 April) we skied on the Italian side of Monte Rosa in a difficult week, because of the strong wind and bad snow conditions. We were able to…
Eiger, parete ovest
12/06/2013: Eiger 3970 m – West face steep skiing descent It was a while we wanted to ski the Saudan route on Eiger, but it’s always difficult to combine snow…
Ortles (Minnigerode) and Weisseespitze (north face)
04/06/2013 Ortles 3905 m, Minnigerode couloir: after a long drive in the night (we started at 22.30 from Val badia!), we climbed in the darkness along the ski piste and…
Presanella 3558 m, north face
The Presanella north face is a classic steep skiing line of the Eastern Alps (5.3/E2) and it’s not easy to find it without ice. After the Gran Paradiso north face,…
Gran Paradiso 4061 m, north face, Adami route
May 10/11 – 2013. After a long drive from the Dolomites I met Giuseppe in Milan and we started for the Valsavaranche valley and the Gran Paradiso National Park. After…
Video: skimountaineering, Strahlhorn 4190 m
May 2012: the Strahlhorn summit 4190 m from the Britannia hutte (Saas-Fee) in a windy and cold day Video and editing by Roberto Canzio
