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Tofana Middle - West wall is


04/17/2010 The first thing I would say is "finally"
was in 2004 that I had in mind this route, since I'd admired for the first time since Tofana of Rozes.
Since then I began to seek information and advice about this journey without finding anyone who had done ... and this has done nothing but increase in me interest and curiosity.

track uphill green, red trace descent

Finally there are the conditions right for groped. By Daniel and James
we left last night at a time of the bivouac Cantore we have achieved in the late evening and found it well protected by a thick blanket of snow.

climb to camp Cantore, with a few flakes of snow

A quarter of an hour of work with the shovel and we finally get to 23.30 and midnight, still fully dressed (with a lot of shoes boots ) attempt a nap under 5 indoor comfort that allows us to bear.

James in search of the second latch input

Today we start to tip towards Forcella Vallon Giovannina but the fight with the previous sleep is very hard.
When we reach the fork we allow ourselves a brief stop to admire the landscape and to arm ourselves with ice ax, which is useful for addressing the central beam that will take us to the slopes of the basin and the Middle Tofana Tofana di Dentro.

through the


uphill towards the basin

Here begins the route facilities, leading to the summit of Middle Tofana, and we will mark the right way, which will follow in the first track from Daniel at a steady pace and inexorable.

almost at the top, can be glimpsed behind our canyon

The summit is an exciting time .... We sit speechless, exhausted, surrounded by a landscape without equal. The route followed
uphill has enabled us to leave untouched the chute that drops straight to the west (toward the valley Travenanzes) that you are now reading veiling clouds so that accentuate the thrill of skiing. The party suffered steep
channel and nice powdery snow on a hard surface that enables beautiful series curves.
The descent intersects the track of our salita per continuare nel ripido e suggestivo vallone dove la neve peggiora di qualità per i residui di vecchie valanghe.

fine delle danze... si comincia a pensare alla calata

Raggiungiamo il tratto più preoccupante della discesa dove si impone una calata in corda doppia per saltare una barra rocciosa. La ricerca di una sosta esistente risulta vana e l’ironia della sorte vuole che i nostri 4 chiodi e 1 vite da ghiaccio siano inutili a risolvere l’enigma…. riusciremo ad inventarci un artigianale clessidra scavata a mano tra due grossi massi per attrezzare la prima calata e servirà una successiva piccola clessidra naturale per la seconda calata di una decina di mt (visto che abseil from the 30m is not enough snow to accumulate on the fan below .... which can have varying heights depending on the snow and avalanche deposits of the season)

second and final descent

Now we just have to go back to the ref. Giussani where she awaits the exciting descent on a firn perfect, until the ref. Dibona, who despite his legs destroyed manage to go to the ball.

One of the best routes ever made in my life and I think he found the satisfaction of my trip-mates Daniel and James

Gradient ascent gradient descent = = 1750mt

there is also the video!