130 News found

A selection of ski mountaineering itineraries in the Val Senales, South Tyrol, Italy.

Between Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 January four Italian mountaineers from Turin lost their lives while attempting to climb on the NW Face of Aiguille du Midi.

The Adamello Ski resort is one of the most famous ski resorts in Italy for off-piste skiing. Local Mountain Guide Cain Olsen introduces the classic descents.

On 29/09/08 Enrico Bonino and Paolo Stroppiana made the first ascent of Rêve Caché (700m, 5+ MR 4c) up the east face of Pointe d'Androsace, located in the Combe Maudite, Mont Blanc.

Over three days at the start of January Robert Jasper from Germany and Bernd Rathmayr from Switzerland ascended three immense icefalls in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland climbing over a kilometer of vertical ice in the Lauterbrunnental and Kandersteg.

Over the last two years Albert Leichtfried, one of Austria's leading mixed climbers, has almost single handedly developed the mixed-crag Dryland. The result is one of the hardest coldspots in Europe, with 10 routes weighing in from M5 to M13- and plenty of potential for new routes.

Located at circa 1200 meters, the table-top Ritten plateau is without a doubt a hiker’s paradise. We've selected 4 of the best walks with splendid views onto the Dolomites.

On 29/04 the Austrian climber Hansjörg Auer carried out the second solo ascent of the legendary Via attraverso il Pesce on the south face of the Marmolada, after Maurizio Giordani's 1990 ascent. This is the first free solo without ropes.

On 7 November Robert Jasper from Germany and Roger Schäli from Switzerland carried out the first repeat of "Bocconi amari". This difficult mixed route was first ascended by Rossano Libera and Ezio Marlier on 26 October up the north face of the Triangolo nero on Monte Emilius, the prime mountain...

On Thursday 26 October Rossano Libera and Ezio Marlier made a 12 hour first asscent of "Bocconi amari" up the north Face of Triangolo nero, Monte Emilius, Valle d'Aosta.

Anna Torretta talks about the icefalls at Kandersteg, Switzerland

An accident, caused by human error and thankfully with no fateful consequences, has forced the operators to close the Mont Blanc first section until September.

The first via ferrata in Canton Ticino has been built on Monte Salvatore high above Lake Lugano.

Chamonix - Zermatt, from France to Switzerland across one of the most fascinating Haute Route ski mountaineering traverses in the Alps, by Italian Mountain Guide Nicolò Berzi.

The fourth Trofeo Latemar Vertical Kilometer will be held in Predazzo, Italy on Sunday 26 August 2001

20 rock climbs on Mont Blanc: Grand Capucin, Trident du Tacul, Aiguille du Midi. By Roberto Rossi.