I was skiing in Italy this week with the Ski Club of Great Britain the plan was to acclimatise and warm up round the Benevolo hut then move round to the Vittorio Emanuelle (VE) hut for an attempt on the Gran Paradiso. We skinned into the Benevolo and skied the Punta Paletta in interesting snow on Sunday on Monday we skied the Punta Calabre finding interesting snow and poor visibility on the last section to the hut. We skied out down the Vaudala which had some powder at the top and un-ski able bushes at the bottom all very entertaining. After a relaxing night in the valley we carried skis then skinned to the VE hut in poor weather, the next day dawned cold and clear for our ascent of the Paradiso we had to leave skis at the Col a couple of hundred metres below the summit due to icy conditions and continued on crampons to the summit. On the last day we skinned towards the head of the Val Savaranche before dropping into the valley and following the stream bed all the way to the car. The perfect way to finish the Alpine winter.
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