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Hi guys I need the help today was my first walking up the mountain or climbing “Pen y Fan”
There is no technical climbing on this one but I have been thinking about next trip “Glyder Fach”
Guys do you think someone like me with no experience but big heart and fit could do this one as the next one?
If you think this step is to big
What would you recommend?

Hello there

I'll ask my question both in English and Italian, to reach a wider audience, since I am Italian living in Canada

I'll travel to Sardinia, Italy, in August, to the Supramonte area ( Dorgali, Cala Gonone)
There is mixed information on the Web about the duration of the mountain trek from Cala Fuili to Cala Luna.

The official distance from the trail head at Cala Fuili to Cala Luna is about 5 km ...

Hi All,

Just looking for a few more details about Ushba before we fly out to Georgia. If anyone can help to answer the questions below that would be great.

- Is there any phone signal on Ushba glacier? If so what carrier?

- What are the mountain rescue services like in that part of Georgia? How much insurance cover would be appropriate?

- Do we need any hammered aid gear for the couple of ...

Am a writer. To illustrate my point by analogy, I need a name of a famous mountain where experienced climbers know of only one route to reach the summit -- where climbers would be foolish to try any other approach than the one tried and true.

My family (2 adults,2 teenagers) are planning a multi-day hike in the Stubai Alps in mid Aug. We are reasonably experienced hikers (we did a multi-day trek in the Dolomites last year), but not experts by any means. We have developed a draft itinerary which is as follows:

Day 1:
- Park at Mutterbergalm and hike up to Dresdner Hut
- Hike from Dresdner Hut to Sulzenau Hut (spend night)

Day 2:
- Hike from ...

Hey folks. Going to climb this one in late July and it looks straightforward, but the plethora of routes, huts, and different starting points are a bit overwhelming. Was planning to do it in a full day, so I'd probably be going for the shortest route, provided it's not rougher than AD+ or so/ harder than 5.4. Not going to have sleeping bag and air mattress for the night before, so that's a consideration. Could ...

My wife and I will be in northern Italy in early June and would like to do a one-night trip to a refugio. She isn't a big hiker, so I was thinking something like Monte Baldo where we could gain most of the elevation in a cable car. I know this is pretty early in the season, but any recommendations would be appreciated!

Cheers,
Connor

I am planning on walking this path in the last week or two of April. It looks like it is open year round and fairly straight forward long walk/hike. If anyone has done this I would be interested in knowing about some of the accommodations and backup plan.

1 - It looks like there are plenty of bad reviews about the gîtes d'étape, so I am inclined to pass them by and make for a ...

All but one of the via ferratas in Berriel Canyon, Gran Canaria have been removed. Any one know why?

Hello,

I'm writing to you on behalf of a private collector who found three boxes of old glassplate photographs on a flea market in England. After some painstaking research, I established that they were taken by a couple of English alpine plant-hunters who, over several years between the late 1920s-early 1930s, visited the regions of Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo and Bulgaria. Alpine regions visited include: Durmitor, Rumija, Rila, Rhodope, Ljuboten, Prenj, etc.

I am ...