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Advanced mountaineering course, Ponte di Legno

Advanced mountaineering course Ponte di Legno Dolomites

A full immersion 5-day mountaineering course is all you need to recharge your energies this summer! Join an IFMGA certified guide and enjoy the Dolomites.

Not specified

Dolomite Mountains

5 Days

May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Fit

Intermediate


Description

Summer in Italy means mountaineering for true adventurers! Join me for this 5-day advanced mountaineering course, based at Ponte di Legno.

Ponte di Legno is a charming town in the Italian Alps. It is the perfect starting point for an expedition in the Brenta Dolomites and the Adamello mountain range. Depending on the exact program we define, we can stay in town every night, or we can sleep in huts in the mountain.

This mountaineering course is meant to learn advanced techniques. I can take up to 2 people with me. On the first day, we will start with some exercises to evaluate your level and make sure you know all the necessary techniques. We will practice as long as necessary for you to master the techniques, thus making sure you will be safe in the mountains. It can take only a couple of hours, or more than a day.

Some of the topics are:
– basic climbing technique
– rope work, knots
– rock climbing technique and equipment
– abseiling and belaying
– placement and removal of nuts/wires and friends
– ice axe arrest
– crampon technique
– crevasse rescue

Then, as I mentioned earlier, we will start the adventure on site, either returning to Ponte di Legno each evening or progressing from hut to hut. This will depend on your wishes and your level. The areas can include: Presanella glacier, Adamello glacier, Ortles/Cevedale range and Brenta Dolomites range.

The options in these mountains are endless! There are via ferratas, glaciers, crevasses, rocky/snowy ridges… Each day we will decide the exact itinerary together. It will be a full immersion course!

Tempted to come to the Dolomites this summer for mountaineering? Please request to book this trip and we will start making plans! And in the winter, I can take you ski touring at the Adamello glacier, check it out .

Price includes

- Guiding fee


Details

Accommodation

In mountain huts or at Ponte di Legno.

More info

Equipment: harness, helmet, ice axe, crampons, mountaineering boots (you can rent them).

Meeting point

At Ponte di Legno.

About the guide

IFMGA-mountain guide with extensive experience guiding mountain activities in the beautiful Dolomites, in northern Italy.


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