Monte Briccas, 2427m 13-Dic-2010 (Alpes)

Our last adventure of December drove us to Cuneo´s province. We were looking for going some mountain with great views of Monviso, easy and south face due to the really firm of the snow. The Monte Briccas complied with al those requirements.

Our goal seen from the road. As you can see it looks easy but it also offers a good slopes.

We started from a small village close to Crissolo at 1500m. The first part of the ascent consists on going up through the forest at 1800m. Later, the forest is clearing up with just some trees scattered till 1900m. From there we just had to overcome the large slope untill the summit.

Us on the summit of Monte Briccas, with Monviso (3840m).


We doubted about our descent due to the hard snow. We relied on the Sun to melt a little bit the snow in the south face. Our decision was sucessful.

The descent was a peaceful chain of turns towards Monviso.

We had 1000m of vertical drop and 700 of good descent. Good numbers for everybody and specially for Carlos and his third day on skis!

Now it´s time for some parties before leaving Italy...but towards the end of December I´ll be here again to celebrate the Ney Year in Courmayeur!! Good times are coming!!

Ci vedremo! Buona Natale a tutti! Dovrei anche scrivere italiano...Prossimamente forse...