Driving back to Milano late night and be in time for your next meeting in St Anton am Arlberg at 8.30am the next day,well this means you have to be a little bit crazy. Anyway, so it went, spring was in the air on Monday, the weather was beautiful and there was beautiful fresh snow, of course. In Chamonix we had found…
It’s gonna be difficult to forget this winter season for people like me who live in the Dolomites and need the real snow to survive and feed his/her family, beside the fake snow on the slopes. Despite the last snowfall has pulled the morale of many people up, the general conditions in the Dolomites for skiing off-piste and ski touring are still difficult, and you…
Who would have ever thought of a second year in a row without snow in the Dolomites in early February? Everything has been so unpredictable in these last winters, so the key word is definitely “being flexible.” Janet and Shel just came to the Dolomites for 4 days of off-piste skiing and ski touring, unfortunately we had to change our…
After so many “Eat & Drink” days on the ski slopes in the Dolomites, finally I moved to Austria for a few days to get some energy back and to have some proper skiing. Who does not know the Arlberg, the off-piste paradise in Austria, where the fresh powder gets all skied in a matter of few hours. There is so…
Lots of snow finally arrived in the Northern Alps, in Abruzzo and all the way down to Mount Etna in Sicily. Unfortunately in the South of the Alps, including the Dolomites,it’s been still very cold and dry. Last Saturday I was back on the road to Piemonte, for a 3 day off-piste skiing and ski touring around Sestriere and the…
There’s no snow in the Dolomites, and we’re still hopeless as there’s no snow in the forecasts for next week. For Christmas and New Year’s days we had good weather and very good conditions for climbing and hiking. Be careful on the choice of your hiking routes, as there might be some icy spots that require the right equipment. If…
This has been the second december in a row without snow. Just a matter of bad luck? A cycle or is it been all because of the climate change? I think it’s a bit of everything. The high pressure is still strong in Europe and in the Alps, it’s been three weeks already with beautiful days from sunrise to sunset,…
The Piz Conturines is one of the 3000m peaks in the Dolomites, in Alta Badia. In the big wide West face surrounding the village of San Cassiano, there’s a steep ski line down an amazing and long couloir, first skied by Andy Kostner from Corvara back in the 80s. The long approach from Capanna Alpina, 1100 vertical gain covered in…
The Sella Massif and Sassolungo mountain range are two of the most amazing spots in the Dolomites for those who love climbing the classic trad routes. The Spigolo Gross ont Sass Pordoi and the Kiene route on Cinque Dita are two classic climbs up to grade V, almost the same difficulties but featuring two different style of climbing. Aldo Gross…
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 Nadelhorn and Stecknadelhorn are two 4000 meter peaks above Saas Fee, in the Valais Alps, and these two are part of that long chain of 4000 meter peaks that starts from the South with the Alphubel and ends with the Durrenhorn to the North. The 4000 meter peak collector knows very well this corner of the Valais Alps, because…