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…
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Climbing on the Grignetta, Egg route on the Riffelhorn and the traverse of the Obergabelhorn via the Arbengrat.
Last August I spent a wonderful week guiding Ellen and her family from LA, California, we had the chance to experience a bit of everything. The rocky trails of the Dolomiti di Sesto, around the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, and the more gentle path on Pralongià, Alta Badia, hiking hut to hut from West to East. We enjoyed a rock…
The Weissmies and the Lagginhorn are two 4000m peaks in the Swiss Alps, the normal routes are fairly easy and popular, but if you have a couple days available then you should consider to traverse these two peaks, starting from Saas Almagell and then descend to Saas Grund via Hohsaas on the second day. The south ridge of the Weissmies…
Finally I found the time to update my blog page! Gimme a minute to go back with my mind in June, lots of adventures have happened so far. To be honest, after my back injury in April, I was almost ready to lose the summer season, but surprisingly I managed to get back on my feet in a very short…
What does the Dolomites ski traverse need to become famous? If I have to be honest and compared it to the Queen of the Haute Route, the Chamonix – Zermatt, and many others, I can see only pros. The italian Dolomites are so unique and beautiful! And should we talk about food and accomodations? A holiday must also be pleasant and…
Last February I moved to St Anton in Arlberg for for a week of deep powder and off piste skiing with Rich and his friends from Tiburon, California. I’ve been skiing around the Arlberg for quite a bit now that I can say I know the area between St Anton, Zurs and Lech pretty well, thanks to Kai also, a…
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February and March Off piste skiing and ski touring in the Dolomites. Valscura couloir on Sassongher, Holzer couloir, skiing around Arabba, Marmolada and the Sella Massif. Ski touring around Puez and Monte Pelmo.
February and March are the perfect months for off piste skiing and ski touring. In the Dolomites we didn’t have other huge snowfalls after the one on the day after Christmas, but we had many little dumps which were perfect to build the layer up and cover the old tracks. The conditions for couloir skiing were already good in mid-January,…
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January, ski touring, off-piste and steep skiing in the Dolomites. Costabella on Cristallo, forcella di Colfiedo ski traverse, Arabba, gruppo del Puez, Val delle Fontane and Holzer Couloir on Sella group.
After ten days of perfect weather the strong wind “finally” showed up for several days in the Dolomites, making our lives tough to find safe ski itineraries with good snow. Some hidden valleys remained protected by the wind, couloirs got back into good shapes, mostly all the open bowls became smooth hard packed, like the Val Mesdì which was very…
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Winter season 2017-18, Dolomites snow report #3 . Great conditions for off-piste skiing and ski touring!
Great conditions for off-piste skiing and ski touring in the Dolomites! It’s only January, but we almost forgot the drought of the last winters. Last december 26 we had a huge snowfall with almost 70 cm of fresh snow in Cortina downtown, couple days after the north wind came as usual, but incredibly it didnt hit the snow on Marmolada,…
After three dry beginning of the winter, this season 2017-18 we should not complain. People have ski toured in the Dolomites since mid November, on December 12th we had a good snowfall unfortunately followed by strong wind from the north up high. This week we have had more sunny days with north wind, the Sass Pordoi cable car opened yesterday…
Last November I flew to Patagonia for the first time, not for climbing or mountaineering but for a an amazing trekking trip between Argentina and Chile in the Lake O’Higgins area. For 5 days we chased the trail tracks that exist only on the hiking maps, waded through white water rivers in our underwear, walked for hours sometimes imprisoned in…