Trailblazing up Monte Sirente

April 15, 2015 Trip reports abruzzo, apennines, avalanche safety, edita, europe, hill walking, italy, monte sirente, sirente-velino 2 Comments

Our third trip to the Apennine Mountains took us to an area we hadn’t visited before. Our ascent of Monte Sirente was a good day out in the mountains, with some tough trail breaking through deep snow and an exhilarating climb.

The Corno Grande Saga, Part 2

February 21, 2015 Trip reports abruzzo, apennines, avalanche safety, corno grande, edita, europe, gran sasso, hill walking, italy, monte aquila 4 Comments

This is a short sequel to a post I wrote last month about a reconnaissance trip to the Gran Sasso massif in Central Italy, when we made an abortive attempt on 2912m Corno Grande from the north. Last weekend we had another go from the south.