Icefalls: why you should try them (even if you’re a beginner)
There’s a precise moment when ice climbing becomes real.
It’s not when you look at a photo.
Nor when you spot a blue column from afar.
It happens when you strike with your ice tool for the first time and hear that clean, dry thock, and realise that the ice ‘holds’.
Beyond Margherita: Real mountaineering on Monte Rosa
Capanna Margherita is just the beginning. If you’ve already climbed this iconic hut and want more, explore 4 true experiences to live real mountaineering on Monte Rosa: Castore, Lyskamm Nose, Punta Parrot and the 3-day Full Immersion 4000 challenge
The Gold of Monte Rosa: the hidden treasure of the Alps
For 700 years, Monte Rosa has guarded one of Italy’s most important gold deposits. From the first extractions in the 13th century to the industrial boom of the 1800s, until the tragic closure in 1961: the fascinating story of gold that still sleeps beneath the rocks of the Anzasca and Antrona valleys, waiting for a new gold rush that may never come.
