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Forc. de Crespeina 2558m, Italy 6/4 2015








  Deep inside the Italian Dolomites, east of Val Gardena is Passo Gardena
 (Grödner Joch) 2121m. Here's the pass visible just before reaching it. Our initial
  route up is the snowey slope to the right in this picture
.
  A look to the south from the pass.





  Sassolungo (Langkofel) 3181m, to the soutwest.   It doesn't take many minutes to reach  Jimmys Hütte, some 100 altitude meters
  above the pass
.






 After Jimmys Hütte it gets steeper, but still no problems to climb with snowshues.
 The problems are to come later, but we don't know that yet
.
 Dante is wearing proper clothes for the weather we have, it's cold.





  The landscape is stunningly beutiful in all directions. Here is a look to the east
  from more than 2400m
.
  After a couple of difficult passages, here's the next one. We must descend this
  steep slope to reach the final climb towards the pass,
Forc. de Crespeina 2558m.






  At the pass. The climb is made from the left in this picture. It's steep and difficult
  to handle with snowshoes.
  Our initial target is Col Toronn 2655m, but at 2600m we must turn back. We
  tried to follow the ridge from the pass and that was not the optimal route. We
  should have cimbed the steep slope to the right side instead. That would have
  been difficult but possible. But we are physicaly and mentally tired now, with a
  long and difficult way back. Here is a look back towards the pass.






  Dante, passing the last tough passage, a steep slope, before descending to
  Jimmys Hütte and finally our car.



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