Posts Tagged ‘ Rifugio ’

06 August 21,2010: It’s a Mountain Time – Rifugio Monzino

2017/08/14
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Modified: 2017/07/22
It will Definitely Fall Down in the Next 50000 Years or So

Finally, on Saturday, August 21, 2010 it was time to take our first hike into the mountains. Back in Boston I picked a path going up towards Monte Bianco (Italian) from Italian side. It was a day trip starting from 1,500m parking lot and going as high as 2,590m at Rifugio Monzino. Just for a comparison Mont Blanc (French) is 4,800m (15,700’) high. On the way there we stopped at a local supermarket – Supermercato Mont Blanc (Courmayeur) to replenish, and we also took a couple of pictures.  If you scroll the image down, you’ll see the vintage point. Smart people from the supermarket intentionally installed the inspiring view to entice…

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10 Austria and Italy – August 23-24, 2008 – Overwhelmed

2017/07/05
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Modified: 2017/04/30
6:50AM - Rifugio Alimonta - 2580 m

Saturday, August 23 – Rifugio Alimonta (Gruppo di Brenta) Next day on Saturday, August 23 I opened my eyes at 6:40AM, and sun already appeared through the mountains. I climb down from my bunk and ventured outside to record this strange moon-like surface that we missed to photograph 4 year ago. After a very dull breakfast and final pay (72€ for food, shower and lodging for two) we started back out at 8AM. We saw a picture like this in our local library.   Now, we found the place.   Notice people on the other side of the ledge. First 4 hours we should be climbing up back to Vie Ferrate, going at…

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09 August 22,2008 – Back to the Wild – Rifugio Alimonta (2580m)

2017/07/01
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Modified: 2017/04/30
Bocca di Tuckett

Friday, August 22 – From Molveno to Rifugio Alimonta Next morning on Friday, August 22 we were ready with provisions and maps. We were ready to start our ascend.  We parked the car at the end of Via Rio Massò, packed our backpacks and started at 8:53AM.  Our breakfast was at baita Ciclamino [chiclamino] (mountain chalet Ciclamino – 926m) along the line not even 20 minutes into the trip.  This time we had both photo- and video cameras to assist us to memorize the trip. According to trail markers we needed 5 hours to reach the all important mountain pass and start our first steps on vie ferrate.  It means that our…

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