29 Jan Ice – climbing – Val Malenco – Italy – Alps

Update icefall’s conditions in val Malenco. General good conditions all around.
 
San Giuseppe’s sector
 
Cascata Y: formed in the usual shape
 
Cascata degli specchi: lot of ice on the firt wall, easier than usually; exit on difficult ice. Final freestanding:  formed, not very big.
 
Couloir di Culatun: well formed
 
Cascata Zocca: big
 
Trascendentale: very well formed
 
Icefalls right of Trascendentale: very good
 
Cascata Centrale di San Giuseppe: well formed, first pitch shorter in reason of an avalanche. Partially covered by snow on less steep parts
 
Cascata di Destra: well formed
 
Candela Lontana: formed
 
Couloir del Monte Fora: only the Couloir del Chaputsch
 
Cascata della Val Orsera: formed but covered by snow
 
Pirolin Pirolina: formed but snow on less steep parts
 
Opposite to Cascata degli specchi: Mei che minga M7  , this year formed in a large sunny wall
 
Lanzada – Campo Franscia sector
 
Cascate di Tornadri: well formed
 
La pissa: not formed
 
Esilice: not formed
 
Cascata degli Zombi o della Brusada: formed. Very nice the first pitch, the second not yet in conditions
 
Fuoco di Sant Antonio: not formed
 
La gola di Val Brutta: well formed but attention needed for all the exit
 
 
Cascata Facile: well formed
 
Tempesta nel deserto: free-standing formed
 
Topofante: well formed
 
Orazio: broken by the sun
 
Candela Ugialè: formed, take a lot of sun
 
Cascata di Campascio:formed, but  take a lot of sun
 
 

See more details on  Alpine Ice The 600 best icefalls of the Alps. Edizioni Versante Sud Milano.
 
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Source:up-climbing
 
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