January in the Alps. Most of us are thinking of climbing valley based icefalls or hunting the next powder turns. It's the coldest time of year and there is an abundance of loose powder snow. The avalanche risk is often considerable or high. Can we still get out on the highest mountains?
In the first part of this series of 12 articles, Ben Tibbetts shows us the summit of one of the Alp's most spectacular mountains. The Gran Paradiso.
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