▲Gran Paradiso Climber's Log
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| sedibald | Superb summit  Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2010 | |
| Normal Route from Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele. Very beautiful summit! | ||
| Posted Oct 20, 2010 8:06 am | ||
| geeman | Normal route Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2010 | |
| Beautiful weather conditions. Climbed with friends via Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele. At the rifugio we were advised to avoid the normal routing on the glacier due to patchs of raw ice on the route. We chose to bypass the lower part of the glacier and join the route that comes from rifugio Chabot. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2010 10:15 am | ||
| PereRamon | Normal route Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2010 | |
| Climbed it from Vittorio Emanuelle hut with my wife. Great landscape, great sensations, I enjoyed it a lot. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2010 6:39 am | ||
| Branko | From refuge Vittorio Emanuele II II Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010 | |
| My partner and I (leading) have climbed this wonderfull mountain from VE II hut via Ghiacciao del Laveciau. The conditions were not so good... we had a lot of wind, snowfall and low visibility. Apart of the bad weather this was a great experience and my highest peak/mountain so far. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2010 8:49 am | ||
| Gorzi | From Vittorio Emanuele Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2010 | |
| From Vittorio Emanuele Hut. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2010 4:43 pm | ||
| Noah (Oregon) | From Rif. Vittorio Emanuel Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2010 | |
| We climbed to the "hut" from Pont in 1:25. The next morning we woke at 4 am and left by 5 am. At 8:30 am we were on the summit. The climb was straightforward and the glacier was completely free of crevasses. The summit blocks were very airy and there was a short traverse right under the summit where I was very happy to be able to clip in with some quick-draws. The Madonna summit is small but all three of us were able to squeeze up there. The crowds were on our heels so we descended and went all the way down to the car in Pont. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2010 12:23 pm | ||
| il.rocciatore | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: july 2010 | |
| Climbed the normal route together with 3 friends and our guide, starting from the Rifugio Chabod. Very bad weather on the rocky part during our final push to the summit (strong wind and snow), but we all made it! | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2010 1:59 pm | ||
| secander | Normal Route, Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2009 | |
| Started from Pont parking lot at 3:00 AM. Reached the Vittorio Emanuele II Refuge by 5:00 AM and the summit by noon. Snow conditions were perfect and we experienced no difficulties whatsoever with regard to weather. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2009 6:16 am | ||
| Sebastian Hamm | Day Trip from Pont Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| The weather forecast was very bad for Sunday, so we decided to climb G.P. on a single day on Saturday. We arrived at Pont 2 a.m., slept two hours and started from the parking at 6 a.m, summited at 12:30 p.m. and were back at Pont at 5 p.m. ... very exhausted! | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2009 10:22 am | ||
| icypeak | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2009 | |
| Went from Refuge Vittorio Emanuele II. A second attempt..first one in 2007 when we had to turn back due to a sudden storm and then on the way down, broke my ankle on the trail and was treated to a scenic heli flight to the hospital. This time, I enjoyed a beautiful climb to the summit and proudly made my own way down the mountain! Some summits a just a little sweeter than others. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2009 5:55 pm | ||
| Ron Leliveld | Vittorio emanuelle Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2008 | |
| It was a difficult climb with very blank ice but with great sunshine and a clear sky. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2009 5:22 am | ||
| boriskrielen | All 4 summits via Chabod route solo Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2008 | |
| I climbed all 4 summits solo via the Chabod route: Madonna summit (4.061m), northwest summit (4.061m), middle summit (4.015m) and east summit / Il Roc (4.026m). | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2009 8:30 am | ||
| saman | Two days, two ascents | |
| I was on the top on two days following in July, 1997. On the first day my girlfriend became sick just an hour after we started from the Vittorio Emanuele hut, and returned to the house while my brother and I went up. However, we didn't reach the exact summit that day because of the big crowd and the icy rocks. We turned back just about 20 meters before the peak (horizontally), after waiting a long time for the passage to be free. Next morning we tried again (this time I made my girlfriend eat some breakast in spite of this will and it helped :), and I guided her and my father tothe top. This time we were much faster and we reached the top before the crowd. Five years laer, in 2002, I went there again with a bigger group, and ascended from the Chabod hut, which is a longer way, so we stopped again some meters before the Madonna because the crowd had already reached the summit from the shorter route. | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2008 6:43 am | ||
| skileraar | Normal Route from Vittorio Emanuelle | |
| Busy up there.. Nice view from the top:) | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2008 7:56 am | ||
| ivarth | From Vittorio emanuelle refuge Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2008 | |
| Climbed Gran Paradiso on July 15th. Nice walk up the glacier, pretty good weather. I was hesitant about checking the "Were you successful?" box because I stopped a few meters short of the Madonna summit. The summit was so heavily crowded, people were all over each other on the narrow ledges leading to the top that I did not feel comfortable and in my mind the few meters that I had left were not worth the risk. I unroped and carefully descended to safety. In my mind I summitted the mountain so I'm happy with it :) It was a good acclimatisation trip for Mont Blanc which I summited two days later. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2008 8:02 pm | ||
| Andy Kennedy | Normal Route | |
| Easy glacier hike, crowds and rocky pitch on the summit ridge added some interest otherwise a straight forward climb. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2008 11:21 am | ||
| yamesu | From Pont Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2008 | |
| Started from Pont and go back in one day ! | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2008 9:39 am | ||
| alex_vega | Normal route via Rif. Vittorio Emmanuele Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008 | |
| Me and my father ( at age 59 ) riched summit in bad weather conditions.. Anyway was fantastic day :-D Our first 4000 but not last! | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2008 9:34 pm | ||
| bruno baschung | normal route Date Climbed: May 9, 2008 | |
| I climbed Gran Paradiso to the highest true summit (4061m) and also wento the Madonna (4058m) on same day. Not much snow. But few people venture to do the true summit! (although relatively easy (belay possible for short abseil). I climbed before 3 times only to the madonna and one time just 20 meters below (too muchj people there!) Bruno baschung | |
| Posted May 10, 2008 3:02 pm | ||
| Cyrill | Gran Paradiso 4061 m Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2005 | |
| Beautiful tour to the Gran Paradiso 4061 m photos are here: Gran Paradiso 4061 m | |
| Posted Nov 9, 2007 10:46 am | ||
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