Enfant (Terrible), new ski descent off Cima Termoncello in Brenta Dolomites

Taking advantage of the ski lifts we made our way up to Grostè, from there we put on our skis and skinned to the base of the wall. 600 meters, extremely direct, climbed with ice axes and crampons. There are three delicate sections during the ascent, slight variations on mixed terrain which we took in order to keep the line of descent intact.

We climbed to just below the top, about fifteen meters below the summit. We stopped below a short rocky step and returned to the col we’d reached on the ridge. After resting a short while we started the dropped in.

The descent, skied in its entirety, provides some fairly serious exposure in some sections, past rocky outcrops and down some steep couloirs connected to each other by delicate traverses. The wintery snow, crusty only in some sections, resulted in a descent where every move, every turn, was calculated carefully; it would have been all too easy to hit on some rocks or some deep ice.

Back at the base of the mountain we put on our skins, ascended up to the Grostè pass and from there we skied down to Madonna di Campiglio.

The group consisted of Andrea Cozzini, Marco Maganzini, Alberto Ferrazza and myself.

Cima Termoncello WN/W Face
Brenta Dolomites, Campa group
L’Enfant (Terribile): 600m, 5.1 E3 max 55°
Andrea Cozzini, Alberto Ferrazza, Claudio Lanzafame, Marco Maganzini 10/12/2019

Links: FB Claudio Lanzafame, FB Andrea Cozzini,  FB Marco Maganzini (Mountain Guide Dolomites), FB Alberto Ferrazza (Albergo Garni La Soldanella)