Piolets d'Or - 2016 Piolets d’Or Ascents Evening

2016 Piolets d’Or Ascents Evening

Friday 15 April

 

Mess tent – La Grave
• 6:30 pm: Drinks.
Dinner available in local restaurants.

• 8:30 pm: Presentation of the four ascents awarded a Piolet d’Or in 2016:
     - Talung, 7348m (Nepal) with Nikita Balabanov (Ukr) and Mikhail Fomin (Ukr).
     - Cerro Riso Patron, 2550m (Chile) with Lise Billon (Fr), Antoine Moineville (Fr), Diego Simari (Arg) and Jerome Sullivan (USA).
     - Gave Ding, 6571m (Nepal) with Paul Ramsden (GB) and Mick Fowler (GB).
     - Cerro Kitshwar’s, 6173m (India) with Hayden Kennedy (USA), Urban Novak (Slov), Manu Pellissier (Fr) and Marko Prezelj (Slov).

Concert by the Poissons Voyageurs.

2025 Organizers

 

The Piolets d'Or will be held in San Martino di Castrozza, the first location in the Dolomites to host this prestigious event, thanks to the support of Trentino Marketing, the Municipality of Primiero San Martino di Castrozza, the Primiero Community, FPB Cassa di Fassa Primiero e Belluno, ACSM Group, “le Aquile” of San Martino di Castrozza, the local tourism stakeholders, the Trento Film Festival, and under the patronage of the Dolomites UNESCO Foundation.