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| 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 | ||
| archiloco | Normal Route Date Climbed: Sep 5, 1988 | |
| Normal Route from Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele. A small and very crowded summit! | |
| Posted Nov 4, 2007 11:59 am | ||
| singularity | normal route Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2005 | |
| the weather conditions weren't very good, but it was still possible to reach the summit via the normal route. because of the bad weather whe had no view on the summit. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2007 6:07 pm | ||
| Bor | Route climbed: Normal route from Refuge Victora Emanuela II Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2007 | |
| In good conditions we reach the summit of Gran Paradiso. It was a bit cloudy and windy. Good mountain for aclimatization. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2007 1:34 pm | ||
| RenatoG | Normal Route from Rif.Chabod Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2007 | |
| Wonderful day! We started at 4.40 am from Chabod Hut and reached the summit at about 8.50. Summit very crowded, cold wind: we renounced to the last 10 meters to Madonnina... Going down from the summit, because of the growing up of temperature, the Lavenciau glacier was quite dangerous: it's still snow covered and the snow-bridge above crevasses can suddenly fall: keeep attention and start very early in the morning!!! | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2007 4:07 pm | ||
| badyl | normal route Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2007 | |
| not the best weather, especially on the summit and on the way down, we started and finished in Pont, so over 2000m up and then down:)) crowdy in the summit area and therefore dangerous, people pushing one another, I didn't like it | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2007 6:41 am | ||
| Digitis | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2004 | |
| My first 4000, nice weather. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2007 5:33 pm | ||
| bc44caesar | West Face Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007 | |
| Headed up to the refuge on Saturday evening and left around 3:30am the next morning before the crowds. Reached the summit via the normal route in under 4hrs and also scrambled to the Madonna summit. Quite windy that day, but a nice, mellow route. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2007 12:37 pm | ||
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