WHEN: from late May to the end of November. COST: starting from 350€/day with one person. WHAT’S INCLUDED: guiding service and the technical equipment if needed (harness, helmet, climbing shoes) The Dolomites feature the perfect playground for rock climbing, no matter if it’s a single pitch or a classic hard multipitch route. These mountains have challenges for all kind of…
The Pichl route on the north face of Sassolungo is one of the most amazing climbing masterpieces of grade IV in the Dolomites, and certainly the longest route of its difficulty on the whole mountain range. First climbed in 1918, with its 27 pitches for 1200 meters of rock climb the Pichl is the longest route of the Sassolungo mountain…
WHEN: from December to May. COST (VAT included): € 310 pp per day, with an increase of 10% for every participant up to a maximum of 4 ppl. INCLUDED: guide service, avalanche transceives for the participants. From December to April I arrange guided off-piste ski day trips, around all the Dolomites ski resorts. It’s my priority to teach you how to…
The Bernese Oberland is one of the most popular ski touring area in the Alps. Everybody knows about the 4000m peaks around there, very few people (except the locals) go checking out the “wild east” side of this mountain range, say it’s difficult to get in there as you have to skin a lot to reach the two main huts,…
News / Off-Piste Skiing / Ski Safari / Ski Touring
Traversata delle Dolomiti con gli sci da San Martino di Castrozza alle Tre Cime di Lavaredo.
Lo scorso inverno ho guidato dei gruppi lungo la traversata delle Dolomiti da San Martino di Castrozza alle Tre Cime di Lavaredo in numerosi varianti e condizioni di neve. Ciò mi ha permesso di arrivare ad una proposta definitiva per chi vuole percorrerla senza faticare troppo in salita, sfruttando gli impianti di risalita e qualche altro “aiuto esterno”. Le salite…
If you ask to somebody “Do you know the Haute Route?” everybody knows what you’re talking about. The Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt is by far the most famous ski touring trip in the world, it’s a hut-to-hut ski trip around the most amazing glaciers of the Western Alps. You start in the Mont Blanc massif and finish the ski…
The Zugspitze with its 2962 meters is the tallest peak in Germany. Located on the border between the Tyrol and Bavaria, it’s part of the Wetterstein mountain range. Its limestone reminds me a lot of the Dolomites. For steep ski enthusiasts, the Zugspitze features one of the most exciting steep ski descents in the Alps, the Neue Welt, which starts…
WHEN: from December to May COST (VAT included): € 330 pp per day, plus 10% for each person up to 3 people max. INCLUDED: guide service, avalanche transceivers. Steep skiing has become very popular in the last years. Steep ski lines that used to be mythic and fearful, now they have been skied a lot by many steep skiing lovers,…
Mountaineering / News
Climbing on the Grignetta, Egg route on the Riffelhorn and the traverse of the Obergabelhorn via the Arbengrat.
It’s been 3 years since I last saw Marty, when we climbed the north ridge of Pizzo Badile and the Mittelegi ridge on the Eiger. This time we met in Milano with new projects in Zermatt, and right after the airport we decided to stop to warm up our legs and arms on the Grignetta, a very nice mountain range…
Activities / Off-Piste Skiing
Off-piste skiing in Arlberg, Austria. 6 guided ski days around St.Anton, Stuben, Zurs, Lech.
WHEN: 6 guided ski days, on request, from January to April COST: from 1850 € pp plus 10% for each person up to a maximum of 4. INCLUDED: guide service, avalanche transceiver for participants. NOT INCLUDED: all expenses (hotels, lift passes, meals etc..) for the group and for the guide. I arrange private off-piste skiing guided trips in Arlberg, the…
Can you go climbing in the Dolomites during the short autumn days? The answer is Yes, if you go for those peaks with south facing walls. Between Alta Badia and Val Gardena there are many multi pitch classic climbs up to grade 5 doable in this time of the year, with easy approaches and quick descents without any particular issues….