A hot mid spring day spent doing backcountry skiingWith all of this later snowfalls across Europe, due to the infamous effects of global warming (whether it is anthropic or not I would not dig into it not being a climate scientist), we, people in South Italy, could as well as the northeners, enjoy some snow in a sunny, hot day.
So what we did was to pack the necessary stuff and drove three hours straight from Naples to the Regional Park of Majella, to ascend what is called Rava del Ferro, a steep flank of the Mount Amaro (2793 mt), and then descend it by ski (the guys, I just scrambled down with crampons).
Pity we were so late that we started hiking up at 11.30 am, when the sun was already very high and hot, causing the melting of the snow.
Prepping stuff
The approach to Rava del Ferro
After 2 hours walking and 1200 mt of elevation gain, it came the time to put the skis on and get higher.
Antonio
Diego
After a while, the weather started changing. Clouds conquered all the blue sky, wind blew stronger and stronger and eventually started rain too.
The guys kept going up nonetheless, I descended conquering a vantage point from where to shoot.
While waiting, I was ready and kept everything in hand, also if rain continued to pour (luckily it wasn’t that much). After sometime, I had a signal from the radio: It was Diego communicating their descent.
I held my camera, pointed and started shooting.
Even though we didn’t reach any summit nor achieved some athletic goal, we spent the best day possible shredding in our own way on the mountains. In the end, sharing small adventures with friends, enjoying the time we are given on the Earth, and doing this outdoors, this is what really counts most.
