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Francesco Vascellari and Loris de Barba introduce '4000m Peaks in the Alps. Ski Touring and Steep Skiing', their guidebook to the 4000m mountains in the Alps. Three routes presented on planetmountain.com: Barre des Écrins, Pizzo Bernina and Dent d'Hérens.

As of Thursday 1 December 2016 registration is open for two ski mountaineering competitions included in the prestigious La Grande Course circuit: the XXI Trofeo Mezzalama and VI Adamello Ski Raid.

The high-pressure system, an unbridled love for the mountains, a fortnight, one tent and the thirst for a simple and wandering form of alpinism, with all Mont Blanc's summits and thousands of wonders in this alpine playground. This is the...

An update about yesterday's second day of Tor des Géants, the 330km long, 24,000 meter elevation gain race across the High Routes in Valle d’Aosta and its four giants: Gran Paradiso, monte rosa, Matterhorn and Mont Blanc. 

On Sunday, April 10, 2016 the first edition of the Monterosa Ski Raid was won by Damiano Lenzi & Matteo Eydallin and by Laura Besseghini & Elena Nicolini. The winners of this grueling ski mountaineering competition below the huge East...

On 18 August Spanish mountaineer and trail runner Pablo Criado Toca made his dream come true by climbing, with the support of the local Mountain Guides, the four highest peaks in Italy's Valle d'Aosta: the Matterhorn, monte rosa, Gran Paradiso...

The 'behind the scenes' insight written by Marco Spataro, one of the many mountain guides and pros involved in safety preparations of the twentieth edition of Mezzalama, the legendary ski mountaineering competition on monte rosa, won last Saturday by Michele...

Live streaming of the XX Mezzalama Trophy, the legendary ski mountaineering competition on the monte rosa massif.

Everything is set for the Mezzalama Trophy 2015 that will take place on Saturday 2 May on the monte rosa massif. The decision was confirmed after consulting Luca Mercalli and the Italian Meteorological Society.

The Mezzalama Trophy 2015 has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions. The classic ski mountaineering competition on monte rosa is now scheduled for 1 - 3 May.

The XX Mezzalama, the legendary ski mountaineering competition in the monte rosa massif, takes place on 25 April 2015. Marco Spataro reports.

The Ferrino High-lab, located at an altitude of 3585m of the Valle d'Aosta side on monte rosa, celebrates 20 years. It is the highest laboratory in Italy. And it is up there that the company from Turin, the market leader...

Shepherds and alpine guides, two professions connected to the mountains and nature that, in this frenetically changing world, can inspire us in day-to-day life and live out our passions without forgetting our roots. By Teddy Soppelsa for Good For Alps,...

Interview with Lorenzo Di Nozzi, the author of Valsesia - pasture portraits, a book of photographs that documents the two-year journey with the shepherds high up in the Sesia Valley (monte rosa).

Mezzalama Trophy gets underway on Saturday 4 May, the classic ski mountaineering competition from Breuil-Cervinia to Gressoney across the slopes of monte rosa. The start has been put forward to 5:00am.

Mezzlama Trophy 2013: the classic ski mountaineering competition on monte rosa has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions.