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The
Adamello
Adamello (in local dialect ''Adamèl'') is a mountain in Lombardy, Italy. With an elevation of , it is the second highest peak of the Adamello-Presanella Alps. It is located in Valcamonica, Lombardy (Province of Brescia). Its glacier, measured o ...
Ski Raid is an annual
ski mountaineering
Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...
competition at the Italian
Tonale Pass
Tonale Pass ( it, Passo del Tonale) (el. 1883 m./6178 ft.) is a high mountain pass in northern Italy across the Rhaetian Alps, between Lombardy and Trentino.
It connects Valcamonica and Val di Sole. It is delimited by the Ortler Al ...
declared as the final race of the European Cup of Ski Mountaineering by the
International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions The International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC) located in the ''Floridablanca 84'' in Barcelona was part of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA) and responsible for ski mountaineering and vertical race c ...
(ISMC).
Starting point of the race is the Tonale Pass, and the release point is in
Ponte di Legno
Ponte di Legno ( Camunian: ) is an Italian ''comune'' of 1,729 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.
Geography
Situated at the confluence of the two source rivers of the Oglio, Ponte di Legno is the uppermost comune of V ...
. The 40 km race track which has to be covered in teams by three and with classical equipment includes an altitude difference of 3,400 m for the ascent and 4,000 m for skiing down. The highest point is upside 3,000 m.
The Adamello Ski Raid is a stage of
La Grande Course that includes the most important ski mountaineering competitions of the season.
Results men
Results women
External links
Official site{dead link, date=October 2016 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes (German), report of Rolf Majcen at ''Mountains2b.com'', 2006
Ski mountaineering competitions
Skiing competitions in Europe
Sport in Trentino
Skiing in Italy