The Adamello

Adamello-Presanella

The Adamello-Presanella Alpine group is a mountain range in the Italian Alps. It is part of the Southern Limestone Alps. It is located in the provinces of Trentino and Brescia...

 Ski Raid is an annual ski mountaineering

Ski mountaineering

Ski mountaineering is form of ski touring that variously combines the sports of Telemark, Alpine, and backcountry skiing with that of mountaineering...

 competition at the Italian Tonale Pass

Tonale Pass

Tonale Pass is a high mountain pass in northern Italy across the Rhaetian Alps, between Lombardy and Trentino.It connects Valcamonica and Val di Sole...

 declared as the final race of the European Cup of Ski Mountaineering by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions

International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions

The International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions located in the Floridablanca 84 in Barcelona was part of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme and responsible for ski mountaineering and vertical race competitions...

 (ISMC).

Starting point of the race is the Tonale Pass, and the release point is in Ponte di Legno

Ponte di Legno

Ponte di Legno is an Italian comune of 1816 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.-History:...

. The 40 kilometers race track which has to be covered in teams by three and with classical equipment includes an altitude difference of 3,400 meters for the ascent and 4,000 meters for skiing down. The highest point is upside 3,000 meters.

External links

• Official site
• Adamello Ski Raid - Ein Rennen der Superlative (German), report of Rolf Majcen at Mountains2b.com, 2006