Torrone Centrale and Cima di Rosso

This tour was done on the 17. May 2015.

Today was a multisport day. After a ride with the car to Maloja, I was biking, hiking, skitouring, mountaineering and skiing. It was a great day.

I started quiet early in Maloja with the bike, After it didn't make much sense to continue with the bike, I still had to hike rather long until the snow was reached. From there, I changed from bike shoes to ski boots and started mounting. The first part was flat on the glacier. 

First view to today's destinies. Left Cima di Rosso, right in the back, Torone Centrale.

I made a good pace. Short after I saw the Forno hut on the left, I could see also the base of the Cima di Rosso. There already where some people preparing to climb the north face. it looked very well covered with snow. Because I was so early, I decided to go first to the Torrone Centrale. This face looked very interesting. Soon I reached the base. There, where I changed to the crampons, I placed all the food, water and skins that I was sure not to use for the rest of the climb/descent. The face was steeper the I would have thought. I was happy to have to have the two ice tools. Some parts within the chutes were icy. This made it really efficient and fun to climb.

The higher I came, it became clear, that the face was in really good conditions. During the approach, I feared that it might be frozen, but it was really nice. The top had even something like powder. The way down was really great. The conditions where as expected. Very good. 

View from the top down the north couloir of the Torrone Centrale.

Especially the part at the end. There were many small chutes. I had to jump from one to the other. Just fun. After picking up the food at the bottom. I skied towards the hike to the Cima di Rosso. I felt familiar enough with the conditions in the north face, so I decided to take the straight way from the backside. In the beginning, I was still quiet fast. But I had to portion the water. So I paced down. After a while, I started to feel a bit tired, but after some time, also this climb was behind me. The look into the north face looked very good as well. I arrived, when the two guys I saw in the morning started to ski down. I didn't want to endanger them with the snow that I was causing to slide down. So I first went to the peak and had some lunch before skiing down. 

View from Cima di Rosso to Torrone family.

Also this face was great. It felt more like freeriding. Afterwards, I checked some more beta to the two lines. Both are rated as 5.1. For me, even though Torrone was a bit shorter, was more difficult. I measured the steepness as 52°. Looking at pictures from others, it seems that this year, there is less snow. But both lines today were in good conditions. 

Last look back to my lines.

Afterwards, skiing down and hiking/biking down was fun. I saw, people smiled at me when they saw me passing with the bike and the skis on the back.

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