Vetta Bella Rampa Mediane access (II+)

Vetta Bella Rampa Mediane description

Vetta Bella - descent (II)

Lodge location

Accessing the lodge

TOPO of the route

Parking location

Trad climb in good rock via Rampa Mediane (middle ramp) route to the top of Vetta Bella 2049m (Schönkopf, Lepa Glava) in Italian Julian Alps

Vetta Bella - Rampa Mediane

Škrlatica - normal route

Brojanov Raz access - marked trail to Škrlatica

Brojanov Raz description

Brojanov Raz - route exit (I+)

Stenar descent - Sovatna ravine marked trail

Aljažev dom mountain hut.

Bivak IV na Rušju shelter

Vrata valley parking info

Airy climb above Vrata valley in the rough terrain of northeast Stenar (2501m) ridge (Brojanov raz) in Slovenian Julian Alps.

Stenar via Brojanov Raz

Access to Tapeta (V+) route on Prisojnik

Topo of the route

Prisojnik - Tapeta (V+) route description

Tapeta (V+) route exit - Prisojnik Grebenska Pot (B) trail

Poštarski dom na Vršiču

Bus timetables

Parking lot location

Tapeta - an alpine trad climbing route in south wall of Prisojnik (Prisank) in Slovenian Julian Alps.

Prisojnik - Tapeta

Lucknerhaus webpage

Lucknerhütte

Stüdlhütte

Adlersruhe - Erzherzog-Johann-Hütte

Topo (from Bergsteigen)

Adlersruhe webcam

Bus timetable

Alpine climbing classic tour to the highest peak of High Tauras (Hohe Tauern) - Grossglockner via Stüdl ridge (Stüdlgrat).

Grossglockner via Stüdlgrat

Oriondé-Duca degli Abruzzi hut - access description

Matterhorn Lion Ridge (III+) - getting to Carrel bivouac

Matterhorn Lion Ridge (III+) - route description

Matterhorn Lion Ridge (III+) - descent

Hut webpage

Parking lot

overcrowding of the ridge - leads to traffic jams and slows down ascent/descent.

more commercial climbers with guides - decreases the pleasure of the climb because guides have priority on leaving the Hörnli mountain hut (in theory you can't leave the place before them in order to not stress their clients!) and they sometimes behave like assholes on the way.

rock is a bit brittle - combining the two above-mentioned issues, we have a bigger chance to hit/get hit with a rock. Orientation is a bit more problematic - although on a ridge, there are said to be variants in places that will make you lose time or confidence when ending up in greater difficulties.

logistic overhead - you can't leave for the Hörnli mountain hut leaving your car in Zermatt since cars are forbidden there, you need to take a train from Täsch to get to Zermatt first.

costs - an overnight stay at the Hörnli hut costs 150 CHF compared to 90 EUR on the Italian side (2025) and you don't even have warm water included. Add the cost of the train and parking and you get a nice sum. This might change a bit once the Carrel hut renovation is completed as it won't be an unattended bivouac anymore and the prices are expected to rise.

Unquestionable classic alpine climb with fantastic compact rock to the top of the most known mountain of the world - Matterhorn / Monte Cervino (4478m) from the side of Italy in Pennine Alps.

Matterhorn via Lion Ridge

Longer variant of the ridge

Exciting ridge climb along Austria-Slovenia border via tooth-like rocky towers of Na Možeh peak to the summit of Zelenica in Karavanks, Slovenia.

Zelenica south east ridge via Na Možeh

Ponza Grande/Visoka Ponca north ridge (III) access description

Ponza Grande/Visoka Ponca north ridge (III) route description

Ponza Grande/Visoka Ponca (2.274m) - via ferrata descent (C)

Luigi Zacchi mountain hut

Route description

Spot with better rock quality

Mangart from Fusine lakes

Adventurous climb via partly exposed and brittle ridge to Ponza Grande 2274m (Velika Ponca) from Fusine lakes (Belopeška jezera) valley in Julian Alps, Italy.

Ponza Grande via north ridge

Koschutahaus mountain hut webpage

Topo of the route (Bergsteigen)

Koschutahaus mountain hut parking space

Rewarding and beautiful trad alpine climbing route on the northern face (Nordkante) of Koschutnikturm in Karavanke mountains on Austrian side.

Koschutnikturm - Nordkante

Škrlatica south ridge (IV) access - marked trail to Škrlatica

Škrlatica south ridge (IV) - route description

Škrlatica south ridge (IV) - route exit/descent (II/B)

Aljažev dom

Bivak IV na Rušju

Škrlatica - normal route description

Alpine trad climb via south ridge of Škrlatica in the Slovenian Julian Alps.

Škrlatica via south ridge

Shelter website

Fastest and 'official' descent route

Ridge climb using famous route to the highest peak of Tatra mountains and whole Carpathian mountains - Gerlachovsky štít.

Gerlachovsky štít via Martin's route

Hotel website

Parking space location

Mountaineering trip to Bradavica, Vesterov štít, Kupola and Východná Vysoká in Slovakian High Tatra mountains.

Bradavica with Tetmajer's route

Teryho shelter website

Zamkovskego Chata shelter website

Scrambling trip to the most demanding peak of Great Crown of the High Tatra Peak and its neighbours

Prostredný hrot, Žltá veža, Žltá stena