List of Main Mountaineering Achievements
Listed are some of the most significant climbs of Water Bonatti.
- Oppio-Colnaghi-Guidi Route - Croz dell'Altissimo - 27–29 June 1949 - First repetition with Andrea Oggioni and Iosve Aiazzi
- Cassin Route - Grandes Jorasses - 17–19 August 1949 - Fifth repetitions with Andrea Oggioni
- Ratti-Vitali Route - Aiguille Noire de Peuterey - 13–14 August 1949 - Third repetition with Andrea Oggioni and Emilio Villa
- Gaiser-Lehmann Route - Pizzo Cengalo - 30 June -02 luglio 1950 - First repetition with C. Casati
- Bonatti-Nava Route - Punta Sant Anna - 06-7 August 1950 - First ascent by the north ridge
- Bonatti-Ghigo Route - Grand Capucin - 20–23 July 1951 - First ascent of the east face.
- Cassin Route - Cima ovest di Lavaredo - February 1953 - First winter ascent with Carlo Mauri
- Nevado Rondoy Norte - May 1961 - First ascent with Andrea Oggioni.
- Northeast ridge - Gasherbrum IV - 6 August 1958 - First ascent with Carlo Mauri
- Sentinella Rossa Route - Mont Blanc - 9 March 1961 - First winter ascent with Gigi Panei
- Cassin Route - Grandes Jorasses - 25–30 January 1963 - First winter ascent with Cosimo Zappelli
- Bonatti-Vaucher route - Grandes Jorasses - 6–10 August 1964 - First climb of Pointe Whymper from the north side with Michel Vaucher
Routes soloed
- Bonatti Route - Aiguille du Dru - 17–22 August 1955 - First ascent of the south-east pillar, soloed
- Bonatti Route - Matterhorn - 18–22 February 1965 - First solo and winter climb of a new route on the north face
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