Idea Montagna Appennino di neve e di ghiaccio Vol. 2 mountaineering guidebook

Idea Montagna "Apennines of snow and ice vol. 2" is a mountaineering guide dedicated to the itineraries of the Apennines. The second volume continues and concludes with the description of the existing snow and ice itineraries on the Apennine ridge between Emilia Romagna and Tuscany, on the eastern side. The work includes the groups Giovo-Rondinaio, Alpe delle Tre Potenze, Monte Gomito, Monte Cimone, Libro Aperto, Monte Spigolino, Monte Corno alle Scale, of which it describes 99 winter mountaineering routes.

In winter the Apennines transform into an ideal playground for activities ranging from ski mountaineering to dry tooling, through the various intermediate nuances. In fact, when in the cold season the steep grassy or mixed terrain of the Apennines is covered with snow and the wobbly rocks are held together by frost, this acquires greater stability which allows numerous climbing possibilities. The gullies, natural directives that furrow the major walls, were the first to be climbed, but in particular conditions the snow makes it possible to climb a great variety of itineraries, explored systematically only in recent years. The Apennines therefore prove to be not only an excellent training ground for mountaineering on snow and ice to be practiced on larger mountain ranges, but more and more often it becomes a place to express specific, profitable and high-level mountaineering.