The routes

Classic mountaineering, ice climbing, mixed climbing

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Alla ricerca del Nador

4/II

Italy - Western Alps - Valsavarenche

Pleasant and short icefall which varies from a slab start to a free standing finish.

Antares - Gruppo del Gran Paradiso

II/3, 3+

Italy - Western Alps - Valsavarenche

Beautiful mid grade ice climb which is never steeper than 90°. The cave on the second pitch is highly evocative.

Attese disattese

I/5

Italy - Western Alps - Valsavarenche

Beautiful and slender free-standing drip first ascended after the first repeat of “Cohésion zero”. If the drip is too precarious, it is possible to protect the start using the plants on the side.

Cascata di Chevreres

II/3

Italy - Western Alps - Valsavarenche

Pleasant icefall, free of objective dangers and, thanks to its easy access, ideal for those with little time. To finish off the day, climb some pitches in the gully below.

La valse à trois manches

5/M5/II

Italy - Western Alps - Valsavarenche

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.

Le Fantôme du Bricolage - Valsavarenche

M7 WI6

Italy - Western Alps - Valsavarenche

Le Fantôme du Bricolage is a dry variant of Il fantasma di ghiaccio (The Ice Phantom), an ice climb that rarely forms and that was first ascended in 1993 by A. Cambiolo, B. Gilardi, X. Iturrate, R. Lale, and S....

Missione compiuta

5/II

Italy - Western Alps - Valsavarenche

Nice sustained drip which forms to the right of the Mission Impossibile cave

Over the trip - Valsavarenche

WI6, M8, R

Italy - Western Alps - Valsavarenche

A mixed climb in Valsavarenche, to the right of the classic ice climb Trip in the Night and Trip in the Light. Climbed from the ground up in a single day, it constantly alternates between rock and ice on overhanging...

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