Friday, December 15, 2017

Ice Climbing Cogne - Lillaz


I'm in Cogne, Gran Paradiso National Park (Italian Alps) ice climbing with Jim Gayler.
We experienced some interesting ice conditions over the last few days. Due to the heavy snowfall and associated high avalanche risk, we've been in the Lillaz area (recommended by a local guide we met in the car park) and routes are coming into nick nicely! 


Cascade de Lillaz and Loie routes, and checking out a few others...  
The Cogne Ice Opening festival opened last night, through today and the weekend, so the whole area got extremely busy today : )


Met another local guide in the car park today, and the ice on Patri is looking fat. Thanks Michele for the advice, much appreciated! Dropping to minus 11 now, grabbing an early start to get on a classic route tomorrow!
K


Another great use for a Red Scaffolding business card, thanks Jazz : )

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