The routes

A great adventure and some fabulous climbing but not without its serious moments. The route is somewhat sheltered from overhead hazard from pitch 10 onwards as it climbs under or on a rib. Expect a long day from a bivy...

Zahnlos is a mixed climb that rarely comes into condition on the North Face of Seekofel / Croda del Becco above Lake Braies in the Dolomites. The first pitch is very delicate due to the poor rock quality. Plus not...

Piccozza nella Roccia provides 10 pitches, almost all circa 50m long, up Cima Principale degli Sfulmini in the heart of the Brenta Dolomites. All belays are equipped with pegs and threads, but on the pitches only pegs and cams were uses....

Last Minute high up in Rienztal is a slender drip exposed to the sun. All pegs used during the first ascent were left in-situ.

Eisradius high up in Rienztal is a beautiful ice climb which rarely comes into condition, with a panorama that is a strong contender for the most beautiful in the Dolomites.

Interesting mixed climb up Nasswand / Croda Bagnata, which rarely comes into condition. The first pitches are hidden from view, while the chimneyon the left provides two excitign pitches up steep ice.

Beautiful ice climb, not particularly high nor difficult, which follows the summer rock climb Via Toboga. Facing south, it is ideal for very cold days. The combination of the ski mountaineering approach and return makes this a pleasant and...

Demanding four-pitch mixed climb on the NW Face of Kleine Rodelheilspitze (Sass dla Lùesa)

Interesting and demanding mixed climb on the north face of Sas dle Diesc (Sasso delle Dieci), Fanes, Dolomites, first ascended by Manuel Baumgartner and Simon Kehrer on 28/11/2020.

The mixed climb Illogika takes a line to the left of Couloir dell’H on Monte Nero di Presanella (Adamello - Presanella). An old peg was found on pitch 2, at present it is unclear whether it belongs to an...

An absolute masterpiece on Caporal, initiated in 2005 by Ezio Marlier and Massimo Farina and then abandoned after Farina's untimely death. Acting on Marlier's invitation, Federica Mingolla and Leo Ghezza completed the route in 2020 and Mingolla made the...

Leap of Faith takes a line on the lefthand side of the granite Poncione d’Alnasca pyramid above Valle Verzasca in Switzerland and was established ground-up by Matteo Della Bordella, Davide Bacci and Luca Auguadri between 2015 and 2016. Protected...

Aquädukt is a mixed climb up the North Face of Wasserkopf (3135m), Rieserferner group, Tauern Alps. At 3/4 height the new route joins the route established in 1977 by Werner Beikircher and Hans Kammerlander. The first ascensionists stated 'We always...

Hakuna Matata is a mixed and ice climb up the North Face of Wasserkopf (3135m), Rieserferner group, Tauern Alps. The route crosses, at 2/3 height, the line first climbed in 1977 by Werner Beikircher and Hans Kammerlander.

End of Silence was first ascended by Thomas Huber on the Feuerhorn in 1994 and at the time was considered one of the hardest in the Alps. Together with Silbergeier in Rätikon and Des Kaisers neue Kleider on Wilder Kaiser...

First ascended by Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber, Sonnenkönig ascends the south face of Untersberg, following the first three pitches of Child of sun (Michael Grassl, Rudi Brandner) and then continues directly up the streak for another 3 pitches.