New mixed climbs on Piccolo San Bernardo (Aosta Valley) by Niccolò Bruni, Marco Farina, Giovanni Ravizza

On 31 January 2023 Niccolò Bruni, Marco Farina and Giovanni Ravizza established two 'amazing' mixed climbs on Piccolo San Bernardo (La Thuile, Valle d'Aosta): 'Tutte le Guide del Presidente' and 'Sento puzza di fuoco'.
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Niccolò Bruni establishing pitch 4 of the new mixed climb Tutte le guide del presidente' at Piccolo San Bernardo, Valle d'Aosta (Niccolò Bruni, Marco Farina, Giovanni Ravizza 31/01/2023)
archivio Niccolò Bruni

I spotted them one day while working as a guide heli-skiing and I immediately took several photos and told myself that I'd have to return to climb them.

Back at home I did some research to find out if they'd already been climbed before, on the internet, in various guidebooks dedicated to icefalls and gullies in the area, and I also asked my superbly expert colleagues, but to no avail.

So on my first day off I said to myself that I'd absolutely have to give them a go... and that's precisely what I ddi, together with my super climbing partners Marco Farina and Giovanni Ravizza.

The result is 'Tutte le Guide del Presidente' and 'Sento puzza di fuoco', two amazing winter climbs just a stone's throw from the Piccolo San Bernardo pass, below Punta Tormotta in the Barmette valley



TOPO: Tutte le Guide del Presidente, Piccolo San Bernardo, Valle d'Aosta

TOPO: Sento puzza di bruciato, Piccolo San Bernardo, Valle d'Aosta




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