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#905  several day's via ferrata trip
Posted by Anastasia on
Mon. Feb. 11, 04:44 EST 2019
Hello! This summer planning a trip to Dolomites and want to make it several days (~5-7 days) via ferrata trip. Have an advance climbing (including via ferrata) experience. Ideally it should be the way one via ferrata ends and at once the other begins. Could you please advise which area is possible to plan the route like this? Maybe ould give a link to resources that could be usefull for us. Thanks a lot in advance!!!
#904  Trincee via ferrata
Posted by Lala on
Mon. Sep. 10, 17:04 EDT 2018
planning on hiking trincee next weekend.  We have plenty of hiking experience but minimal climbing experience. We have purchased the via ferrata appropriate gear, would you say that this hike is doable if we have the correct gear and approach the climb cautiously.  Thank you
#903  re: Trip with family (in reply-to message #901)
Posted by Eugen Paval on
Mon. Aug. 06, 12:44 EDT 2018

From Cortina you can make great day trips all around. Without overnight stay in rifugios:

1. Col Rosa - Ettore Bovero - 3B

2.  Pomagagnon - Michelle Strobel - 3B

3. Lagazuoi - Col dei Bos - VF degli Alpini 

4. Tofana di Rozes - VF  Giovanni Lippela - 4C

5. Sella - Brigata Tridentina - 3C

6. Padon - VF delle Trincee - 4C 

 

For overnight stays at rifugios you can do the Sorapis circuit, please bok in advance by calling. 

George M wrote:
Thank you Andrew for this great website and posts.  Heading to Cortina early September, and looking for day trips from Cortina and possibly overnight at a Refugio for party of 4. Thoughts on a 1 or 2 night trip with up to 4 B difficulty involving Refugios?   
 

#902  re: Where to stay (in reply-to message #899)
Posted by Eugen Paval on
Mon. Aug. 06, 12:33 EDT 2018
For Tofane and a lot more of via Ferattas Cortina is an excellent place to stay. Also, most of the sport shops in the town will rent you the vf equipment needed. If you prefer to be in the middle of it all, Corvara is an excellent place to stay too, with great accomodations, sport shops and good restaurants too. In Corvara you can try Kostner Sport for renting the gear, located in the town center.

Dasha wrote:

 Hi,

 Your blog is super helpful. We're planning to climb Punta Ana and Tofana de Empezzo in August. We'd need to rent the ferrata gear.  

 Do you know where I can rent the gear (boots, helmets, harness)? Also what's the most convenient place (main city or elsewhere) to stay?  

 

#901  Trip with family
Posted by George M on
Mon. Jul. 23, 18:20 EDT 2018
Thank you Andrew for this great website and posts.  Heading to Cortina early September, and looking for day trips from Cortina and possibly overnight at a Refugio for party of 4. Thoughts on a 1 or 2 night trip with up to 4 B difficulty involving Refugios?   
#900  Ferrata Delle Taccole
Posted by Jess on
Tue. Aug. 29, 06:49 EDT 2017

 Thank you for such a helpful site! My husband and I did Taccole this past weekend, and the red waymarks on the scree basin have faded quite dramatically so it's not obvious where the start of the ferrata is - we ran into some other climbers however, who showed us that we basically needed to just slide down to the bottom of the bowl (where all the scree gathers) rather than trying to climb around the edges. 

 Separately, we discovered that if you climb it on Sunday around noon, you will get a chance to hear mass happening at the nearby Rifugio, including what we think was a live band.  

#899  Where to stay
Posted by Dasha on
Sat. Jul. 22, 12:47 EDT 2017

 Hi,

 Your blog is super helpful. We're planning to climb Punta Ana and Tofana de Empezzo in August. We'd need to rent the ferrata gear.  

 Do you know where I can rent the gear (boots, helmets, harness)? Also what's the most convenient place (main city or elsewhere) to stay?  

#898  8 day trip in Corvara Area
Posted by Eugen Paval on
Mon. Sep. 19, 16:25 EDT 2016

Hi All,

 

I have just returned (a week now actually) from an amazing trip in the Corvara area (South Tirol, Alta Badia). The weather was absolutely gorgeous which is highly unusual for such a long time and the routes climbed were in great shape and less crowded than usual.

Climbed in order:

1. Cesare Piazzeta nel Piz Boe in Sella Group (5C)

2. Sci Club 18 (5C) in Faloria, Cortina

3. Ettore Bovero(3B) in Col Rosa, Cortina

4. VF delle Trincee in Vescovo, Arabba

5. Giovanni Lipella delle Tofana di Rozes (4C), Cortina

6. de Luca - Innerkofler (2C) - Monte Paterno - Sentiero de Pace (2C) - Auronzo, Lavaredo

7. Brigata Tridentina (3B) - Colfosco, Sella Group

8. Vallon (2C)  - Sella Group - Corvara

 Some of the climbs were especially beautiful in their own way! Piazetta is a classic on a big mountain, long day with a very demanding technical wall. Sci Club 18 is even more technical but at low atlitude with lots of people in line so get there early. Ettore Bovero is very short but it follows an airy arette on excellent rock with great exposure and views. Trincee is about the first wall and the gorgeous views towards Marmolada when following the ridge. Tunnels at the end are cherry on top but prepare to stay in line for the initial wall due to a delicate passage keeping some climbers second guessing their abilities. Lipella is also a classic route, climbing all the way to Tofana di Rozes peak, characterized by small vertical bursts followed by large horizontal ledges. Monte Paterno is amazing although this feratta is so easy. There is exposure, views, great situations and the tunnels. Tridentina is popular because of its scenery, good rock and proximity to the parking lot, expect huge crowds during season. Vallon on the other hand is almost deserted because the neighbouring Piz Da Lech steals most of the climbers. While the latter is harder, longer and generally more alpine feeling, the former is good for a half day of climbing in the mountains assuming the Vallon chairlift is used for approach.

 I highly recommend staying in Corvara, Colfosco, La Villa areas because of the proximity to most of the classic, great routes one can find in the Sella, Fanes, Tofane, Marmolada groups. Plus the prices, at least in September, are reasonable and the accomodations are outstanding.

 

#897  re: Gondola to Staunies (in reply-to message #896)
Posted by Andrew on
Sat. Sep. 10, 11:28 EDT 2016
 Thank you both - I will update the description.
#896  re: Gondola to Staunies (in reply-to message #894)
Posted by Cindy Colarusso on
Sat. Sep. 10, 07:52 EDT 2016
 Hi Andrew, Yes this statement is correct. Just returned from Cortina. The guides said it was permanently shut down in April because the gondola is too old and there are no funds available to fix it. The guides have also rated this as highly difficult because of the hike in/out effort. They are stressing to everyone that Mario Bianchi is now a ten hour or more ferrata because of the hike and do not recommend it.  Col Di Bos and Lipilla are now getting hammered with guided beginners and creating bottlenecks. 


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