Ötscher: A Life Changing Weekend

I had wanted to go on a ski tour for ages, so why didn’t I start sooner? Ok ok, I have to admit it… I don’t know how to ski in powder or deep snow!! Where would I have learned that? I grew up on America’s East Coast after all!! Give me an icy granular…

Climbing Petit Verdon

It was time to do some more climbing, so I packed up and made my way to Switzerland where Tobias suggested climbing their “Petit Verdon;” a home game for him. I had heard about routes there for the past few weeks and was also pretty curious to finally get a crack at it myself. We…

Italy – near the Ortler Range

So what do you do when the weather looks this bad? What about driving 1600 km searching for sunshine in the new car? Well, to be fair, that wasn’t really the plan from the start. It was a long weekend and I couldn’t find anyone who had time or wanted to travel during the long weekend….

Wild Weekend Trekking the Brenta

This past weekend was wicked (tiring)! We left for Molveno, Italy on Friday afternoon enjoying the breathtaking landscape. We parked and loaded up the backpacks… around 20 kilos later, we started hiking. We made it about an hour and a half to two, before it got dark. We found a hut which looked closed so we thought it would be no problem…

White Face North Face: Weißseespitze

 

The Elusive Hochferner North Face

When plans to climb a north face go wrong but right!