Today’s slab climbing adventures took place up at Pian dei Fiacconi, high above the Fedaia Pass. The climbing was fun, but not as fun as the journey there! To avoid an arduous hike up from the pass, we opted to take the lift. Im not entirely sure how to describe the ‘lift’ – it’s not… Read more

We’ve sampled a few of the ‘lower’ altitude crags today, starting with the bolted slabs of ‘Frea’ up at the Gardena Pass. Morning Sun over ‘Frea’ But not before a quick trip to my new favourite shop – our local bakers – for a morning croissant fix! Located dangerously close to our apartment! Best bakery… Read more

It’s only a tiny crag, but was just what we needed this afternoon – a quick climbing hit before the forecast storms arrived! Only a few minutes drive from the apartment and with a walk in time of about sixty seconds, it was hard to fault! Given the showery weather today, on first impressions the… Read more

The south face of Porte Neigre was todays objective and the scene of another fantastic day of climbing in the Dolomites. If I could design a days climbing, it might look something like this – it’s our very style of ‘Alpine Style Climbing’. From the small village of Pera, we took a ‘mountain taxi’ up… Read more

Hoorah! After two aborted attempts, we’ve finally made ascent of the Dolomite classic Sella Tower! Having been snowed off in 2007, rained off last week, today we climbed the first of the four towers. The Sella Towers – (the first tower is the right hand tower) But it nearly didn’t happen! Another pre 6am alarm… Read more

Did our first Dolomiti Via Ferrata today! It’s been ages since I’ve done any Via Ferrata routes and it just so happens that there is a good introductory one on the Col Rodella, which is a short cable car ride away from our apartment.  There was another huge storm and downpour last night, so we… Read more