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\nOn December 19th, Matteo Giglio, R\u00e9my Maquignaz and Roberto Ferraris have completed the (likely) first ascent of a beautiful free-standing in Valtournenche, that called SuperMaen.\u00a0
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\nThe icefall is in the upper part of the canal that houses the classical Icefall of Maen, and falls by a large rocky roof in a beautiful grove of larch trees. The same ice-climbers also scaled Il Mago, a fun single pitch right of that candle, that trends obliquely to the left along a rocky dihedral.
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\nOn\u00a0January 25th, Roberto Ferraris and Fran\u00e7ois Cazzanelli have also climbed Il vecchio e il Lago, not far from the other two lines (two 35-meters pitches)
\nThe routes in question does not appear to have suffered from the heat of the past few weeks and are still in excellent condition.\u00a0
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\nSuperMaen
\n30m
\nWI 4 +\u00a0
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\nIl Mago
\n30m
\nWI 4 \u2013 some mixed climbing \u00a0steps\u00a0at the beginning (useful \u00a0a couple of pitons and a cam medium\/small)\u00a0
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\nIl Vecchio e il Lago\u00a0
\n 70m
\nDifficulty: WI 4\u00a0
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\n\u00a0Descent: rappel from a tree (nothing in place – the rope is recovered easily)
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\nAccess:
\nSuperMaen is the free-standing \u00a0is visible from the road at the hairpin before Valtournanche. (Val d\u2019Aosta \u2013 route to Cervinia)
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\n1 – go along the icefall of Maen (starts behind the houses of the village close to the Moulin village and before Valtournanche) and continue to its end – long enough – in the channel until you see on the left (right bank) the wall with a free-standing
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\n2 \u2013 at the entrance \u00a0of the village of Valtournenche turn left in a downhill road (direction Valmartin Barmasse) and follow it to the church of the village Valmartin, where you park. 30 meters further starts the trail for Cignana. Follow it until you pass the construction of hydroelectric installations of Promeron and, just before the houses of \u00a0Falegnon deflect to the left on lawns, then downhill to the valley until you see in \u00a0the opposite side the free-standing\u00a0\u00a0SuperMaen. (1.30 hours)
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\nFor Il Vecchio e il Lago, just before the houses of \u00a0Falegnon godown on lawns- on the left bank –\u00a0up to a split where starts the icefall. 60m Rappell from a tree and reach \u00a0the start .
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\nSource: Up-climbing
\nBlog Matteo Giglio
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