New ski descent in Brenta Dolomites on Pietra Grande

The initial part of the descent, circa the first 100m, is visible from the Express chairlift at Grostè, in the Pietra Grande area of the Brenta Dolomites. The rest of the descent can be seen by continuing along the traverse that leads towards Val Delle Giare.

We ascending with climbing skins, made some tight kick turns and reached the traverse. This has some exposed sections protected with some Friends, nuts, pegs and ice screws. It wasn’t particularly difficult but, given the unstable snow and exposure, required some attention.

After negotiating the 60m traverse, we continued past some rocky and icy terrain to reach a steep wall that led to the summit. We skied everything except for there traverse. some rocks and ice a little more, until you reach the steep wall that leads up to the top.

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First ski descent of SSE Face of Pietra Grande
Length: 500m
5.4 E4 max 70°
Andrea Cozzini, Claudio Lanzafame 14 February 2019

Gear:
Classic mountaineering ski mountaineering kit. On the exposed traverse and the rock walls we used the following:
- 60m half rope;
- Camalots. 3 - 1 - 0.3
- nuts
- 1 rock peg
- 1 ice screw

Link: FB Claudio Lanzafame , FB Andrea Cozzini