Oreste Squinobal (17 December 1942 – 9 September 2004), from

Gressoney-Saint-Jean Gressoney-Saint-Jean (Gressoney wae, Greschòney Zer Chilchu; frp, Gressonèy-Sèn-Dzan; german: Kressenau Sankt Johann) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. Geography The town is situated in a valley forme ...

, was an Italian

mountain climber Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, ...

mountain guide A mountain guide is a specially trained and experienced professional mountaineer who is certified by local authorities or mountain guide associations. They are considered to be high-level experts in mountaineering, and are hired to instruct or ...

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and

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. Together with his brother

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he made his first winter ascent of the South Face of Matterhorn (23 December 1971), the first winter ascent of the Peuterey Integral (26 December 1972, together with Yannick Seigneur, Michel Feuillarade, Marc Galy, and Louis Audoubert), and the first winter ascent of the West Face of Matterhorn (11 January 1978, together with Rolando Albertini, Marco Barmasse, Innocenzo Menabreaz, Leo Pession, Augusto Tamone). Together with his brothers Arturo and Lorenzo, he placed first in the mountain guides team category in the 1975

Trofeo Mezzalama The Mezzalama Trophy ( it, Trofeo Mezzalama, french: Trophée Mezzalama, a.k.a. ''white marathon''

edition, which was carried out as the first World Championship of Skimountaineering. On May 2, 1982, he was the first Italian to climb to the summit of the

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(8,586 meters) without supplemental oxygen. Oreste and Arturo Squinobal's story is told in
Brothers of the Mountains
'. The mountain hut ''Orestes Hütte'' is dedicated to his memory and run by his nephews.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Squinobal, Oreste 1943 births 2004 deaths Italian mountain climbers Italian male ski mountaineers World ski mountaineering champions People from Gressoney-Saint-Jean Alpine guides Sportspeople from Aosta Valley