Gran Paradiso (4061 m), ski tour

Mar 21 — 22, 2011
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Gran Paradiso (4061 m)
  • Mar 21, 2011
  • Gran Paradiso
  •    with Wilfried
Pont, Italy: the start of the tour
Pont, Italy: the start of the tour
Pont, Italy: the start of the tour (keywords: leute, person, wilfried, people)
Pont, Italy: the start of the tour
Making sure what the correct emergency number is...
Making sure what the correct emergency number is...
The route to the refugio starts here and turns left soon (keywords: berg, berge, mountain, mountains, snow)
The route to the refugio starts here and turns left soon
Wilfried on the way to the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo (keywords: berg, berge, leute, person, wilfried, mountain, mountains, people, skier, snow)
Wilfried on the way to the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo
Wilfried crossing a steep part of the route to the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo (keywords: leute, person, wilfried, people, skier, snow)
Wilfried crossing a steep part of the route to the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo
nice day (keywords: berg, berge, mountain, mountains, snow)
nice day
Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo, still closed but the winter room was open (keywords: berg, berge, berghütte, rifugio vittorio emanuele secondo, mountain, mountain hut, mountains, snow, berghtte)
Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo, still closed but the winter room was open
Skiers passing by Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo (keywords: berg, berge, berghütte, leute, person, rifugio vittorio emanuele secondo, mountain, mountain hut, mountains, people, skier, snow, berghtte)
Skiers passing by Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo
The winter room/building of the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo (keywords: berghütte, leute, person, rifugio vittorio emanuele secondo, wilfried, mountain hut, people, skier, snow, berghtte)
The winter room/building of the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo
Inside the winter room of the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo, getting the stove going (keywords: berghütte, leute, person, rifugio vittorio emanuele secondo, mountain hut, people, stove, berghtte)
Inside the winter room of the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo, getting the stove going
sunset over two mountains nearby (keywords: berg, berge, sonnenuntergang, mountain, mountains, snow, sunset)
sunset over two mountains nearby
sunset (keywords: berg, berge, sonnenuntergang, mountain, mountains, snow, sunset)
sunset
  • Mar 22, 2011
  • Gran Paradiso
  •    with Wilfried
Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo at sunrise when we started for the summit of Gran Paradiso (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, berghütte, rifugio vittorio emanuele secondo, mountain, mountain hut, mountains, snow, berghtte)
Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo at sunrise when we started for the summit of Gran Paradiso
Wilfried ascending (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, leute, person, wilfried, wolke, wolken, clouds, mountain, mountains, people, skier, snow)
Wilfried ascending
Three climbers in front of a great winter mountain scenery (keywords: aiguille du rochefort, alpen, alps, arete de rochefort, berg, berge, dent du geant, france, frankreich, grandes jorasses, leute, mont blanc, mont blanc massif, person, rochefort ridge, rochefortgrat, mountain, mountains, people, skier, snow)
Three climbers in front of a great winter mountain scenery
Wilfried ascending (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, leute, person, wilfried, mountain, mountains, people, skier, snow)
Wilfried ascending
Wilfried ascending (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, leute, person, wilfried, wolke, wolken, clouds, mountain, mountains, people, skier, snow, sun)
Wilfried ascending
Skiers ascending (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, leute, person, mountain, mountains, people, skier, snow)
Skiers ascending
Wilfried looking sceptical (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, leute, person, wilfried, mountain, mountains, people, snow)
Wilfried looking sceptical
Wilfried ascending (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, leute, person, wilfried, mountain, mountains, people, skier, snow)
Wilfried ascending
Great mountain scenery: the Mont Blanc range with Mont Blanc, Dent du Geant, the Arete de Rochefort, and the Grandes Jorasses (keywords: aiguille du rochefort, alpen, alps, arete de rochefort, berg, berge, dent du geant, france, frankreich, grandes jorasses, mont blanc, mont blanc massif, rochefort ridge, rochefortgrat, mountain, mountains, snow)
Great mountain scenery: the Mont Blanc range with Mont Blanc, Dent du Geant, the Arete de Rochefort, and the Grandes Jorasses
The summit of Gran Paradiso (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, gran paradiso, italien, italy, mountain, mountains, ridge, snow)
The summit of Gran Paradiso
Wilfried approaching the summit of Gran Paradiso (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, gran paradiso, italien, italy, leute, person, wilfried, mountain, mountains, people, skier, snow)
Wilfried approaching the summit of Gran Paradiso
Two climbers ascending in front of a spectacular mountain scenery. (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, leute, person, mountain, mountains, people, ridge, skier, snow)
Two climbers ascending in front of a spectacular mountain scenery.
The last part to the summit is done without skies as it is pretty steep. (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, bergsteiger, gran paradiso, italien, italy, kletterer, leute, person, alpinist, climber, mountain, mountaineer, mountains, people, ridge, skier, snow)
The last part to the summit is done without skies as it is pretty steep.
Wilfried just below the summit of Gran Paradiso (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, bergsteiger, gran paradiso, italien, italy, kletterer, leute, person, wilfried, alpinist, climber, mountain, mountaineer, mountains, people, ridge, snow)
Wilfried just below the summit of Gran Paradiso
Wilfried on the last steps just below the summit of Gran Paradiso (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, bergsteiger, gran paradiso, italien, italy, kletterer, leute, person, wilfried, alpinist, climber, mountain, mountaineer, mountains, people, ridge, snow)
Wilfried on the last steps just below the summit of Gran Paradiso
Wilfried on the last steps just below the summit of Gran Paradiso (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, bergsteiger, gran paradiso, italien, italy, kletterer, leute, person, wilfried, alpinist, climber, mountain, mountaineer, mountains, people, ridge, snow)
Wilfried on the last steps just below the summit of Gran Paradiso
Wilfried on the last steps just below the summit of Gran Paradiso (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, bergsteiger, gran paradiso, italien, italy, kletterer, leute, person, wilfried, alpinist, climber, mountain, mountaineer, mountains, people, ridge, snow)
Wilfried on the last steps just below the summit of Gran Paradiso
Spectacular mountain panorama: from Grand Combin to the Matterhorn (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, dent blanche, grand combin, matterhorn, schweiz, switzerland, valais, wallis, weisshorn, mountain, mountains, ridge, snow, swiss)
Spectacular mountain panorama: from Grand Combin to the Matterhorn
Wilfried on the summit of Gran Paradiso (Madonnengipfel) (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, bergsteiger, gran paradiso, grand combin, italien, italy, kletterer, leute, person, schweiz, switzerland, valais, wallis, wilfried, alpinist, climber, mountain, mountaineer, mountains, people, ridge, snow, swiss)
Wilfried on the summit of Gran Paradiso (Madonnengipfel)
Climbers just below the summit of Gran Paradiso (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, gran paradiso, italien, italy, mountain, mountains, ridge, snow)
Climbers just below the summit of Gran Paradiso
On the summit of Gran Paradiso (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, daniel, gran paradiso, italien, italy, leute, person, wilfried, mountain, mountains, people, snow)
On the summit of Gran Paradiso
Wilfried on the summit of Gran Paradiso (Madonnengipfel) (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, bergsteiger, gran paradiso, italien, italy, kletterer, leute, person, wilfried, alpinist, climber, mountain, mountaineer, mountains, people, snow)
Wilfried on the summit of Gran Paradiso (Madonnengipfel)
Wilfried on the summit of Gran Paradiso (Madonnengipfel) (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, bergsteiger, gran paradiso, italien, italy, kletterer, leute, person, wilfried, alpinist, climber, mountain, mountaineer, mountains, people, ridge, snow)
Wilfried on the summit of Gran Paradiso (Madonnengipfel)
Climber just below the summit of Gran Paradiso (Madonnengipfel) (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, bergsteiger, gran paradiso, italien, italy, kletterer, leute, person, wilfried, alpinist, climber, mountain, mountaineer, mountains, people, ridge, snow)
Climber just below the summit of Gran Paradiso (Madonnengipfel)
On the summit of Gran Paradiso (Madonnengipfel) (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, bergsteiger, gran paradiso, italien, italy, kletterer, leute, person, wilfried, alpinist, climber, mountain, mountaineer, mountains, people, ridge, snow)
On the summit of Gran Paradiso (Madonnengipfel)
glacier (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, gran paradiso, italien, italy, glacier, mountain, mountains, serac, seracs, snow)
glacier
relaxing on the descend (keywords: aiguille du rochefort, alpen, alps, arete de rochefort, berg, berge, daniel, dent du geant, france, frankreich, grandes jorasses, leute, mont blanc, mont blanc massif, person, rochefort ridge, rochefortgrat, mountain, mountains, people, snow)
relaxing on the descend
descending to the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, berghütte, rifugio vittorio emanuele secondo, mountain, mountain hut, mountains, snow, berghtte)
descending to the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo
return to the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo (keywords: alpen, alps, berg, berge, berghütte, leute, person, rifugio vittorio emanuele secondo, wilfried, mountain, mountain hut, mountains, people, skier, snow, berghtte)
return to the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele Secondo
Wilfried (keywords: alpen, alps, leute, person, wilfried, people, skier, snow)
Wilfried
dynamic skiing (keywords: alpen, alps, leute, person, wilfried, people, skier, snow)
dynamic skiing
dynamic skiing (keywords: alpen, alps, leute, person, wilfried, people, skier, snow)
dynamic skiing
A fox in the parking lot! (keywords: alpen, alps, fox)
A fox in the parking lot!