The routes

Compared to the nearby Val Gardena, Vallunga is more suited to more adventurous ice climbers, those who love a pristine alpine ambient. Vallunga is a lonely valley, criss-crossed for a bit by a cross-country piste, marked by 600-700m high faces...

Short and fun route. The first section is easy and fun, while the second is slightly more demandind and climbs a mixed section up a crimpy slab and poor rock.

La Spada nella Roccia is a stupendous drip which forms from a cave. It was first climbed by Maurizio Gallo in the 1980's and represented an important step forward for piolet traction in the Western Alps.Sottoguda represents an obligatory ice...

Beautiful icefall that climbs two distinct sections, first ascended by the Mountain Guides Patrick Ghezzi and Alessandro Lucchi on 5/2/2012 and repeated a few days later by Fabio Salvadei and Tommaso Andreolli.

A really beautiful route to the right of La Piovra that offers some difficult mixed climbing. Something for experts. The first pitches that lead to the roof were climbed for the first time in 1992 by the brothers Cristoforo and...

Short-lived and varied icefall which rarely comes into condition. La valse à trois manches is the most obvious of the three drips and is characterised by a mixed section to exit behind the curtain.

Logical climb up Gran Flambeau, established while the Giro d'Italia visited Mont Blanc. Pitch 3 climbs a magnificent corner; 4 bolts improve safety while breaching the overhang.

This icefall is comprised of 30m drip which breaches two vertical sections. The first, short and 80°, leads to the icefall proper: a vertical wall, demanding and never banal. The icefall is located in a narrow gorge receives the sun...

Last Minute high up in Rienztal is a slender drip exposed to the sun. All pegs used during the first ascent were left in-situ.

The first pitch starts 10m to the left of the route "Pustertaler - Halbgefrohrenes". The pegs are clearly visible on this first section, and the first belay is shared with "Pustertaler - Halbgefrohrenes". The second pitch climbs left above the...

A little ice and mixed climbing gem, clearly visibile from the Skyway cable car. The couloir is located below Torrione di Entrèves, between Aiguille de la Brenva and the Toula glacier.

Superb and varied ice climb in a great winter ambience with views onto Mont Blanc.

Beautiful climb that offers some modern mixed sections and techincal ice climbing.

Highly rewarding climb in a deep drip, isolated and solitary. The final pitch can be seen from the road, just before Passo d'Eira looking north (coming from Bormio).

Madre Tierra is a huge mixed climb up the NW Face of Rocchetta Alta di Bosconero in the Zoldo Dolomites, first ascended by Diego Toigo and Santiago Padrós after a first attempt a week earlier with Giovanni Andriano and Ruggero...

Fun icefall which rarely comes into condition, marked by a thin drip which descends down the dark compact granite.