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From the ski ascent on Malga Bieliga we have a great view on the mighty Montaž.

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Perfect!

Voted 10/10

Each time I see this... I want to go again.
(the Dogna scramble passes right below the yellow wall).
Bravo and thanks for sharing!
Cheers.

Posted Jun 24, 2009 6:24 am


	Vid Pogachnik	Re: Perfect!
	Hasn't voted	Oh, you did the ascent on Montaž from Dogna? You must describe it ;)
		Posted Jun 24, 2009 6:59 am


	Borut Kantušer	Re: Perfect!
	Voted 10/10	Yes, I did it twice. Some say it's one of the best such ascents in the Alps. BTW, as I accompanied a group on my second visit, an article was writen in the "Planinski Vestnik -Jan 2008" relating the event. (Funny that Bor (where is he?) wrote an article (Simonyspitze) which is in the same issue)
		Posted Jun 24, 2009 7:22 am


	Vid Pogachnik	Re: Perfect!
	Hasn't voted	Bor is coming on SP probably reading quickly what's new, otherwise I guess he has other sites where he contributes - their Alpine club site, called Freeapproved. Yesterday I saw a video about him and his friend, balancing on a rope in the middle of Tivoli parc :)))
		Posted Jun 24, 2009 8:03 am


	Borut Kantušer	Re: Perfect!
	Voted 10/10	I know this isn't the right place to discuss this, but I would be willing to adopt at least some of his Kamnik-Savinja/Steiner Alps pages.
		Posted Jun 24, 2009 8:24 am


	Vid Pogachnik	Re: Perfect!
	Hasn't voted	Borut, I don't see a problem with that. We just have the etiquette here on SP to write first to the person. So, please send Bor a private message or a usual mail and see how he will answer. If he doesn't answer in a reasonable time we can give you the rights anyway. I think we already discussed this, but I forgot at which page it was.
		Posted Jun 24, 2009 9:50 am


	Borut Kantušer	Re: Perfect!
	Voted 10/10	OK. I'll do so and try to be part of the We. We are far from Montaz (should we say NW?). I'd like to try Via Dogna in winter (maybe... now that I guess my mountaineering years have appeared). That snow on the pic makes things very attractive. The Pecol hut manager mentioned only very few winter repeats (he also mentioned some short cuts around Zabus and Cimone, but that's again an other story which has more to do with descending). The first time I went Dunja I decended via Via Norina. This is a longer chat, probably due to the tallness of the walls you so wonderfully portraited. Cheers!
		Posted Jun 24, 2009 10:47 am


	Vid Pogachnik	Re: Perfect!
	Hasn't voted	Yes, Borut, a long but interesting chat. I couldn't believe, but somewhere I read that Italians did a ski descent over the W side of Montaz. Through Findenegg couloir, and then - I don't know where, but supposedly by the W side route. Looks incredible to me, but one should have a close look when conditions are good.
		Posted Jun 24, 2009 11:33 am


	Borut Kantušer	Re: Perfect!
	Voted 10/10	Good conditions would be a lot of snow (there are some steep parts). I can't imagine they'd go down any other route than Dogna (Dunja). Pecol is easy to get to. From there one can get to the Forcella and observe the upper funnel stability. I wonder if they knew the route from the summer, or if they made the ascent at the same occasion.
		Posted Jun 27, 2009 6:27 am