The routes

Fantastic route up the north face of Aguja Poincenot in one of the less overrun corners of these mountains established in 1986 by Mario Panzeri, Paolo Vitali, Marco Della Santa and Daniele Bosisio. In Febraury 2020 it was repeated by...

Beautiful climb on immaculate granite established all-free on the west face of La Mascara. It shares the first pitch of the legendary South African route before "continuing left up a series of amazing steep corners littered with golden wind blasted face holds.." No...

Der Grantler takes a 230m line to the left of "Pegadito en la pared" and shares the first belay. "Although the two climbs run fairly close" explained Kretschmann "Der Grantler is much more than just a variation. The six pitches...

A straightforward trek with an excellent view over Cerro Torre. It can be extended to Mirador Maestri and this is best done by spending the night at Campamento Bridwell. This second option is however not described here. 

A truly magnificent trek through beautiful woodlands, bogs and heath that offers spectacular views of Fitz Roy and its surrounding peaks.

Climbed by the Slovaks Josef Kristoffy, Martin Krasnansky and Vlado Linek in early 2016, El Condor Pasa is likely to be the hardest climb in the Cochamó valley.

El Diedro de lo Squalupo is located in the upper reaches of the the Cochamó valley, in the stunning side valley, Valle de la Paloma, just to the left of Why Papi Guay (2009) in the Sector de Mamón. On the traverse to...

On 07 February 2008 the Italians Rolando Larcher, Fabio Leoni and Elio Orlandi succeded in reaching the summit of Patagonia's Central Tower of Paine via their new East Face route 'El Gordo, El Flaco y l'Abuelito'.The 23 pitch line includes...

El Regalo de Mwono is a single, striking crack system that runs straight up from the bottom to the top of the Central Tower. First ascended by the British climbers Paul Pritchard, Simon Yates, Sean Smith and Noel Craine between...

An enjoyable climb on mostly solid rock. The first half offers good crack climbing (and a stellar p5) for half a day and from the top of the pillar (p6) it is easy to rap to the Col del Bloque...

A 17 pitch route established over a five day period by the Ragni di Lecco climbers Angelo Forcignano, Ismaele Fosti, Christian Gianatti, Lorenzo Lanfranchi, Giovanni Ongaro, Simone Pedeferri.

Adventurous, varied and above all complete o Cerro Trinidad Central in the Cochamó valley, Chile

23 pitches on the north face of Cerro Walwalun in Cochamó Valley, Chile, opened from February 2 to 6, 2013, by Lorenzo Lanfranchi, Mirko Masè, Simone Pedeferri, Mattia Tisi, and Andrea Zaffaroni. First ascent and free ascent, 7b+ max, 6c+...

The 1300m route, first ascended by Kurt Albert, Bernd Arnold, Norbert Bätz, Peter Dittrich and Wolfgang Güllich, takes a direct line up the compact granite East Face of Paine's Torre Central and is widely considered to be one of the...

The striking 30 pitch South African route takes the clearcut dihedral up the East Face Central Tower, Paine, Chile. First climbed in 1973/74 and graded A4/5.10, it was freed in February 2009 by the Belgian climbers Favresse, Villanueva & Ditto....

One of the first routes up Cerro Trinidad, Sundance was established in March 1996 by British climbers Grant Farquhar and Simon Nadin. The first free ascent of this 22-pitch big wall was carried out by Siebe Vanhee and Diego Diazaguilera...