I just wanted to say thanks to Dan Patitucci who invited me to write this post for Dolomite Sport. Like Dan & Janine, we too are expat mountain enthusiasts. My husband led me to the Alps 10 years ago and we are still here with a family of two young boys who also share the [...]
Posts under ‘Guest Contributor’
Shopping Cart Enlightenment
When I asked Alex Newport-Berra if he would like to contribute a mountain sport post to DolomiteSport, I had absolutely no idea I would get a story about a shopping cart. Coming from Alex I can understand his seeking enlightenment, but through a shopping cart? Well… this is his genius and exactly why I [...]
Professional Road Racing Training Tips
Training for a Granfondo? Perhaps the Maratona dles Dolomites
Post courtesy of Bruce Hendler at AthletiCamps: High Quality Coaching and Performance Cycling Camps, based in Northern California. Bruce is an old cycling friend of mine with whom I spent many hours pedaling and racing alongside. He has become a legend of cycling wisdom thanks to his [...]
Skiing California Sierra Nevada Fourteeners
Skiing the Eastern Sierra Nevada Fourteeners
by David Page with photos courtesy Christian Pondella
This article first appeared in EastSide Magazine
From a distance it looked perfect. Perfectly epic. But from the summit, with skis on, looking down at an enormous chockstone wedged into the trap door of a fifty-five degree couloir, nine thousand vertical feet above the trucks, a sliver’s [...]
Luxury Dolomites Mountain Guiding
Guiding Italian Style by Alberto De Giuli
Some of us Italian Mountain Guides have it pretty good working in the Dolomites.
Most of our work days guiding clients in the Dolomites are spent skiing amazing backcountry powder, wandering through the wilderness or climbing steep ice. All of this is normal for our work, but it’s not only [...]
Understanding Backcountry Ski Touring Gear
Backcountry Ski Options by Howie Schwartz
As a professional ski and mountain guide, I use and recommend Dynafit touring bindings. I also sometimes use and recommend Fritschi Diamir’s. I use and recommend Marker Barons with regular alpine boots. And yes, I even still use telemark gear on occasion.
Do I contradict myself by supporting such a broad [...]
Dolomite Skiing | Sella Group Couloirs
Text and photos Francesco Tremolada | ProGuide.it
Skiing the Sella Group, the Kingdom of Couloirs
Sitting in the heart of the Italian Dolomites and rising above some of the region’s most famous villages is The Sella Group. Simply put, it takes your breath away. With its massive towers and labyrinth like corridors, it is a tremendous rock [...]
Hiking the John Muir Trail | John Dittli
The John Muir Trail coffee table photography book by John Dittli
Dolomite Alta Via 1 Mountain Hut Impressions
A trend is developing. Each time we ask someone from the USA to contribute to DolomiteSport a consistent topic seems to emerge; the mountain huts, their decadence and convenience.
This fall we helped Sue Johnston and Chris Scott make plans for hiking the Alta Via 1. When it was finished they kindly put together a story [...]
