Overview
Monte Nero: view from Carpano Bivouac - Hasta Siempre runs in the middle of the face
Approaching "summit building" from central slabs
***Hasta Siempre
Summit altitude: mt. 3422
Difficulty: TD sup., F6c max.
Equipment: bolts
Climbing length: 490 mt.
Exposure: E
First ascent: Manlio Motto and Rocco Sansano august 1997
Starting point: “Gino Carpano Bivouac” mt. 2865
Hut: Pontese Hut mt. 2200
A superb route on high quality gneiss running on Monte Nero East Face; an interesting climb with some hard moves and some exciting pitches. A great route, notwithstanding its continuity is interrupted by an easy stripe of sloping slabs in central section. In summer the route gets the sun till midday.
Getting There
ROAD ACCESSFrom Turin reach Courgnè and Pont Canavese mt. 461; from here follow Orco Valley as far as Rosone mt. 715 (Km. 16,5 from Pont Canavese). A bit after Rosone leave the main road and follow on the right-hand side the road rising along Piantonetto Valley and reaching Teleccio artificial Lake mt.1917.
WALKING APPROACH
From Teleccio Lake (Ham, artificial lake) follow the road running along the right shore of the lake, then a steep path rising to Pontese Hut (40 minutes from the parking). From here follow a trail crossing all the plain (Pian delle Muande). After leaving Teleccio Muanda on the left-hand side cross some streams; from here there are two different routes:
- walk along a large gully on the right hand-side, then cross the gully towards left to reach the bivouac (easier but longer) – 2 hours from Pontese Hut
- climb on the left a steep rocky gully equipped with fixed rope rising straightly to the bivouac
1,40 hours from Pontese Hut.
From “Gino Carpano Bivouac” mt. 2865 – 2 hours from Pontese Hut – a short walk rising along stones and little snow-fields leads to the base of the peak. Hasta Siempre is running in the central part of the triangular cliff, near the central and not well-defined SE ridge, which divides East Face on the right and South Face on the left. In fact the face seems an only face if seen from the bivouac, being really a two-side cliff.
Hasta Siempre report
Hanging belay along "Hasta Siempre" upper pitches
Hasta Siempre report - French Scale
Starting point is in the lower point of the cliff; quite next to SE ridge is running “Man in black”, while “Hasta siempre” starts on the right-hand side of this route.
L1 – Straightly up with athletic climb along some overhanging walls following one another. 6b, 45 mt.
L2 – A bit easier reddish wall, then an hard flake leading to the belay. 5c, 6b, 40 mt.
L3 – Climb a slab, an overhanging little step, then an easier dihedral-crack. 6a, 4c, 35 mt.
L4 – Climb another slab, then cross a ledge and go up following some steep short walls. 4c, 43 mt.
L5 – Another slab, then a crack. 4b. 35 mt.
L6 – A steep step, a corner and an overhanging short wall leading to the beginning of central slope slabs. 5c, 6a+, 32 mt.
L7-L8 – Climb the stripe of easy slabs and the central step which divides them into a lower and an upper part. 3b, 4a, 72 mt.
L9 – An other short wall and another sloping slab lead to a belay below a great overhanging step cut by a thin crack. Climb the crack, reaching a belay under the summit building. 5b, then 6a. 40 mt.
L10 – Climb an hard steep wall – crux - then a fine grey wall with sharp holds. 6c, 6b, 22 mt.
L11 – Climb a ramp, then an hard crack leading to a steep wall with good holds, ending to a good stance. 6b+, 5c, 28 mt.
L12 – A reddish crack and a corner with a big flake lead to a huge wall crossed by two roofs following one another. Climb the wall and the two roofs – the first one is the harder – gaining a belay. 6b, 50 mt.
L13 – Climb a corner reaching a stance. 4b, 27 mt.
L14 – Easy rocks lead to the summit signal.
Descent: 13 abseils along the route
Red Tape
Monte Nero is situated inside Gran Paradiso National Park (P.N.G.P.), an extraordinary milieu. Free camping is not allowed and fires are strictly forbidden. The whole fauna and flora are protected.
Huts and Bivouacs
“Gino Carpano Bivouac” mt. 2865
"Pontese Hut" mt. 2200
RIFUGIO PONTESE
Pontese Hut at Pian delle Muande
Carpano Bivouac
Essential Gear
Rope 2 x 50, 10 expresses, helmet, some friends and excentrics, slings.When to climb
Best months are July, August and September.Meteo
METEO REGIONE PIEMONTEMETEO ALPI
Guidebooks and maps
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"Gran Paradiso” by E. Andreis, R. Chabod and M.C. Santi Guide dei Monti d’Italia TCI-CAI
Maps:
“Gran Paradiso - La Grivola - Cogne” – IGC 101 1:25.000
"Il Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso" - IGC 3 1:50.000
