The routes

Beautiful and hard climb up steep and physical cracks. The last pitch is often wet.

Difficult rock climb established ground-up in Val Lunga, Dolomites by Florian Riegler and Martin Riegler. The rock is generally good and the climbing up the 5 pitches is quite varied, past overhangs, steep cracks and three small roofs.Black Pearl is...

Great route on the right arête of north-east face of Cima Tosa. The climb has three distinct sections: the starting chimney (often wet), the gray central pillar and the wonderful and vertical final pitches that breach the overhangs and lead...

Jeo is the latest modern sport climb to be established up the East Face of Col de Stagn, after the hugely popular Eva Dorme (6b+ max) and its easier neighbour Ludomania (6a max). Of the three routes currently on this face,...

Affora sa nato follows the lefthand side of the NW idge of Punta Lucca (climbed by a trad route established byBodo Habel) on the splendid island of Tavolara. The route offers interesting climbing up excellent route, past a beautiful corner...

Mare Grigio was established ground-up by Alexander Huber together with Michael Althammer in April 2014. The route skirts the massive overhangs with a wild traverse left before taking a direct line to the summit.

Onda Azzurra was established ground-up and alone by Alexander Huber over a period of 4 days in January 2016, and freed in April 2016 by Huber and Michael Althammer. The climb breaches the massive overhangs.

PukaNaka starts about 5 meters right of Gratta e Vinci, put up in 2012 by Christoph Hainz and Simon Kehrer. The wall faces south-west, is ideal therefore for spring or autumn. The line climbs past rock which is friable at...

The Peitlerkofel circular walk it is a beautiful hike in the Puez-Odle Natural Park, Dolomites, that leads without major difficulties in circa five hours around the entire base of this 2875 high mountain which, in Italian, is called Sas de...

From 18 to 28 August 2016 French alpinists Arnaud Bayol, Antoine Bletton, Cyril Duchene and Dimitry Munoz climbed a 400m line directly up the central part of the North Face of Puscanturpa Este, using a mix of trad gear, pegs...

Nordwestwand was first ascended by Peter Haag, Jörg Lehne, Rolf Rosenzopf and Günter Schnaidt in July 1967 using a mix of trad gear, pegs and pressure bolts, and many pitches were climbed with the use of aid. With an overall...

Logical and beautiful line first ascended ground-up by Daniele Bianchi and Simone Pedeferri in June 2016 up the Mongolfiera face in Val di Mello, above Scoglio delle Metamorfosi. The route is composed of 9 pitches, of which the two crux...

Beautiful, logial and direct climbing up the SW Face of Torre dei Sabbioni. The route shares the first 3 meters of Diretta Livanos beore continuting directly up the obvious cracks towards the series of corners.

The Tofana di Rozes circuit is definitely one of my favourite outings because of its wonderful natural environment, interesting history in both war and peace and for the legendary Minighèl ladder and Tofana di Rozes itself which, for me, is...

Beautiful and difficult 4-pitch route established and freed by Maurizio 'Manolo' Zanolla up the side of the large central corner at Tognazza (Passo Rolle, Dolomites).

Bramosia Scura ascends the North Face of Cima Vallon with six great pitches. Established ground-up by the Austrians Klaus Gössinger and Peter Manhartsberger in July 2016 and proteced by bolts, it breaches difficulties up to 6c+ on excellent rock.