Hidden - 06/Sep/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 17/Aug/12

very easy pleasant climbing with stunning views. loooong descent back down if you drop your belay plate!
benkelsey - AltLd O/S - 17/Aug/12 with Remus Knowles

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Aug/12

Aaron Lines - AltLd - Aug/12 with stu

Sari Nevala - Lead O/S - 30/Jul/12 with Nora

Just excellent, start to finish. Perfect conditions. Less fun getting to the Gianetti hut. A big rock fall just after we got down clipped a party behind us.
Poco Loco - AltLd - 18/Jul/12 with Bald Eagle

A truly superlative climb and the Pom and I were truly blessed with perfect conditions. Take double ropes for the descent into Italy to the Gianetti Hut, as the ab rings are well spaced, and be careful of much loose rock...
BALD EAGLE - AltLd - 18/Jul/12 with James Pomeroy

LewisGray - AltLd O/S - 16/Jul/12 with Sam Read

7 hours to summit. Came down on the Italian side which involved down scrambling and 4 abseils
adamwesthead - AltLd O/S - 17/Sep/11 with Zeb

zebster - AltLd - 17/Sep/11 with Adam

Bivied at base. 7 hrs ascent, 8 hr descent. 4Hr walk back to van. 21 hour day!
dave657 - AltLd O/S - 13/Aug/11 with Alys, Mike

al99 - AltLd O/S - 12/Aug/11 with Martina Zandonella

martinazando - AltLd O/S - 12/Aug/11 with Al Benson

Cold Cold Cold. And long.
zach.stone - AltLd - 10/Aug/11 with Robert King

Cold wind kept up all day making it a bit tiring. Everything you'd expect from a classic alpine route: a bit longer than you'd expected, big queues and loose rock :-) Descented to Gianetti - glad didn't go down the ridge!
bigbobbyking - Lead O/S - 10/Aug/11 with Zach Stone

pete1993 - AltLd - 10/Aug/11

Phil Emerson - AltLd - Aug/11

Tried to do this route earlier in the trip but we were caught in a thunderstorm during the walk in the night before. After getting soaked and sleeping in very wet tents we woke up to bad weather so had to head down the mountain without trying the route. On second attempt we Bivviied the night before the climb and then got about 3/4 up before the weather closed in. Having no wish to be caught in a second storm on the Badille we started descent at 11am via abseil. The descent took 4+ hours not including the 3 or 4 hour walk down the mountain.
LibS - AltLd - 12/Jul/11 with Emily Roo

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/11

had been hoping to do the cassin but conditions didnt allow, moved together, then abbed the ridge, not nearly as bad as some make out, abbing on one rope helps stop faff, 10 hours up and down.
Ginger McGrath - AltLd O/S - 11/Jul/11 with phil emerson

jonnie3430 - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/11 with Marie

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/11

It's easy to underestimate the climbing on this route. Most pitches seemed to have a hard move or two, so we pitched the whole thing. 12 hours from col to summit (for competent VS climbers). Bivied on way down. Longest and best thing I've ever led for sure.
Pero - Lead - 04/Sep/10

Fantastic, but took about 10 hours, finishing about 5pm. Not enough time for Swiss descent, so attempted to get to Rif. Gianetti. Got too dark so had to bivvy.
garywong - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/10 with Ben Ram

thecurlyone - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/10 with Gary Wong

bivied at bottom. climbed in 5 hrs. descended to Gianetti hut. walked out next day.superb experience!! Wouldn't fancy descending it though!
Bryan W - 23/Aug/10

An absolutely phenomenal route that keeps going and going. Seriously underestimated how long it would take and ended up taking 11hours to the summit. Off route and benighted on descent and slept on a ledge in the original descent gulley.
wildrover220 - AltLd O/S - 21/Aug/10 with Ali Dixon

Moved quickly together in approach shoes, lewis followed an alluring ledge littered with pegs, pulled some loose flakes off and took and ankle damaging fall (3/4 up route). Lowered lewis + abbed back down ridge.
Matt Bennett - AltLd dnf - 04/Aug/10 with Lewis Grey

Relatively slow start compared to others as we simul climbed we soon caught up with the teams ahead. Weather was good so we just followed the others but his slowed ascent (summit about 16.30 - Gianetti abt 21.00. Staretd raining about midnight and downpur continued all the following day (Thurs)
Pete Nugent - 04/Aug/10 with John Venier

LewisGray - AltLd dnf - 04/Aug/10 with Matt Bennett

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Aug/10

RusseyB - 2nd dnf - 01/Aug/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 31/Jul/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 05/Jul/10

alidixon - 2010

classic long day wouldn't do abs again!!
J1PEF - AltLd - Aug/09

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/09

innes - Lead O/S - Aug/09 with Ruth

My favourite climbing experience so far, wow what an amazing experience! We bivied on the ledge at the base of the route, long tiring day out (we walked off the Italian side the same day- all the huts were full) but so worth it!
Elsier - AltLd - 26/Jul/09 with Stuart

Karl Wooffindin - AltLd - 17/Jul/09 with Pete Whittaker

Lack of crampons made walking v. difficult - too much snow hanging around late in the season! Start from Sasc Fura at 4:30, base of ridge 7:30, summit 11, abseil down (don't do it...) and back for beers at the hut for 5pm. Chris led whole thing, I just kept up!
Pythonist - AltLd O/S - 10/Jul/09 with Chris Jennions

Hidden - 2nd - Jul/09

4hrs from Col to summit. 10hrs from summit to Bondo. Will walk off the Italian side next time.
liamoloughlin - Lead - Sep/08

tumbling wizard - AltLd - Aug/08

Hidden - AltLd - 31/Jul/08

4:15 for the route, twice as long to get back down and then another trek back to the car = 15 hours. It was a quality day though!
Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH - AltLd O/S - 29/Jul/08 with Liam O'Loughlin

Descended normal route in to Italy and walked back the next day. Next year; Cassin!
Byronius Maximus - AltLd O/S - 29/Jul/08 with Guy Wilson

Guy Wilson - Jul/08 with Byron Buck

barrington1978 - Jul/08

Hera - 2nd O/S - Jun/08

7hrs 15mins to summit. Moved together all the way. Descended down route. Had to bivy on mountain on descent cos got dark and couldn't find ab stations. 29hrs total. 1st alpine route!
lx - AltLd - 08/Sep/07 with andy barker

Ken Applegate - Lead - Sep/07 with Phil Applegate

Will_he_fall - Aug/07 with John

Amazing, go down off the other side, NOT back down the ridge!!
Adam Booth - AltLd O/S - 08/Jul/07 with Ed Booth

Hidden - AltLd - 08/Jul/07

Moved together, descended South side and walked back round to Bondo in 1 V long day!
Gustav - AltLd O/S - Jul/07 with James H

tjekel - 2007

Moving together all the way up only to get beasted by a storm just as we started descending. Lightning is not our friend but helicopters are!
maresia - 2nd O/S - 09/Aug/06 with Mike Kann

My first ever alpine route. Climbed roped together, took bout 10 hours to the top climbing roped together. What an experience one I will never forget. At the top the exposer of 1000meteres or so went write to my head I could do two things freeze or just continue to laugh, so I laughed all the way across the top ridge. At the summit every1 took the piss when I pulled out a jar of olives and a kinife which I carried with me to the top. We were going to abb back down but that was so not going to happen, so we decided to head to the italian hut. We got lost on the one abb and went down a scary gully, at bottom we read in guide book do not go down the death gully o well to late. We then got to the hut but had no passports to get back into switzaland the next day. So I drank my way threw italy and dave went to get the car ashe had his passport was quite drunk by this point.
Dale - AltLd O/S - Aug/06

Hidden - AltLd - 10/Jul/06

Stone Muppet - 2006

Dale's first alpine route - quite an introduction! A proper classic: a superb line that grabs your attention from miles away and provides plenty of enjoyably exposed climbing. Abbing back down the ridge looked a right pain, so we changed our minds and descended into Italy. Passed the night after a grappa or two at the very pleasant Gianetti hut, then spent the next day drinking our way back to the campsite by foot, bus, train and car. All in all, an excellent adventure.
Andy Clarke - Lead O/S - 10/Aug/05 with Dale

4 hours up, more down!
danm - Aug/05 with Doctor Cook

andyinglis - Aug/05 with neil adams

Moved together all the way up in 3:15
tom.e - AltLd O/S - Jul/05

Neil Adams - AltLd O/S - Jul/05 with Andy Inglis

jamie ward - AltLd O/S - 07/Aug/04 with simon fairman

dan gibson - AltLd O/S - Aug/01 with helen gibson

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/97

Marti999 - AltLd - 1996

Simul climbed all but one pitch, then abbed the route taking twice as long as climbing it.
Guy - AltLd - 1993

Not sure of year. Camped on ledge just at start. First on route. Great day with perfect weather.
garywalker147 - AltLd O/S - Aug/92 with Frank Steinmaier

babymoac - Lead - 19/Jul/90 with Howard

Richard Weller - AltLd - Jul/88 with john sanders

RichardMc - AltLd - 26/Jul/79 with Angel Vila

Were heading for Cassin, but as we got up from bivy the rain came in. Opted for the N Ridge and did this, from about a third of way up in dry weather. Had some lightening on the summit so headed off at speed and down the same route. Mainly very easy climbing, odd bits pitched and majority moving together.
David Smith - AltLd - Aug/78 with Al Bennett

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Aug/75