Cresciano... Nearly!

After Rich and Raffaela's we drove south and decided to stop off at Cresciano for a spot of bouldering. We arrived in Cresciano at about 9pm and were greeted by slightly more snow and ice than we'd hoped for. We decided to try and stay in the car park, which is about a mile up a steep and winding single track road. The Van did a great job of getting up the first hair-pin bend and even made short work of a few large patches of snow/ice. We then passed through a narrow tunnel, which had been blasted through the rock. Unfortunately, the snow/ice became too much for the van and it was having no more. The rock tunnel was tough to drive through forwards, but proved a complete sod to reverse through in the dark. We then spent about 20 mins wheel spinning and sliding around. Eventually we turned the van in a lay-by and half-parked, half-slid it into a passing. Whether we liked it or not, the black ice and snow had dictated our parking spot for the night.