Carega - Piccole Dolomiti GROUP
Overview
BAFFELAN m. 1793
Baffelan in fall
Baffelan is an imposing and magnificent limestone tower lying inside the Sengio Alto Subgroup, the central one in the pre-alpine group of Little Dolomites. By means of the mighty shape, the height – 350 meters - the splendid isolation and the steepness of its faces Baffelan represents the emblem of the whole range. The peak shows a wide and majestic East face overlooking the King’s Road, a yellow South face and a steep North face; the West side on the contrary doesn’t show steep faces and joins with the Sengio Alto notched ridge.
On this peak we can count numberless high class climbing routes on verygood quality “dolomia”; in addition to the pre-existent classic and hystorical routes, some others new ones were climbed in last ten-years period.
Getting There
Road accessThere are two different possibilities:
1 – From SE side (Vicenza province): follow A4 Motorway, exit Montecchio Maggiore and take the road to Valdagno, Recoaro and Passo di Campogrosso (47 km. from Montecchio Maggiore); some hundred meters before getting to Campogrosso Pass follow the King’s Road on the right and park the car near the bar closing the road. The walking approach if coming from SE side is quite faster then the next one.
2 – From NW side (Trento province): follow A22 Autobrennero Motoway, exit Rovereto and take the SS46 rising inside Vallarsa; after the interesting Eremo di San Colombano, the road is rising across some small villages like Valmorbia, Anghebeni and Raoxi and at least is reaching Pian delle Fugazze m. 1162 (km. 27 from Rovereto). From the pass, situated on the border between Trento and Vicenza provinces, follow for a few meters the road towards Vicenza and sudden leave it, turning to right on the King’s Road (Strada del Re, an old road suitable for vehicles only for some kilometers) leading to Malga Cornetto; at the fork with the road to Pasubio Military Sanctuary carry on along the main road and where the road is closed by a bar park the car in a little pull-out.
Walking access
From Campogrosso Pass - Follow the King’s Road, skirting the East faces of the Sengio Alto, for few hundreds of meters and park the car near the bar which closes the road. After reaching Malga Baffelan follow the trail toward the E face (20 min.)
From Pian delle Fugazze - From the little pull-out near the bar which closes the King’s road, follow the road by walking; where the road is destroyed a steep trail crosses the old landslide and leads to the final section of the King's road. Follow it to a hairpin below the peak: a short trail starting from the hairpin leads below the East face (50 min).
History
First summit ascent: Giuseppe Bolfe and pals on June 24th 1877 along the West standard routeViews of Baffelan
From the summit of Dente Rotto
From the summit of Terzo Apostolo
From the Emmele path
Baffelan in winter time from Campogrosso - Photo Vid Pogachnik
Baffelan Normal Route from West side
East Face
Baffelan summit view
Baffelan Normal Route from West side
An easy and short scramble on good rock starting from Baffelan Col and leading to the beautiful and panoramic summit.
Approach: from the King’s Road follow the trail toward Malga Baffelan, then head towards the East face and reach on the right a stones’ wall; climb the rocks on the left of the wall (iron’s chain) and enter Boale del Baffelan, follow the steep trail leading to the Baffelan Col (junction, signs). Turn to left (South) and follow the Arroccamento path to the Baffelan Saddle.
From here a short scramble on easy rocks (I, II) leads to the summit cross (1 and a half hour from the King’s Road).
All the routes on Baffelan
A corner on Soldà Pillar
South face
- Via Soldà IV, 180 m.
- Via Casara III, IV, 300 m.
East Face
- Via N. Soldà
- Via Compagnia
- I Segreti del Baffelan IV, V, VI-, 400 m.
- Sem
- Via Ceneri nel Vento VI, VII, VIII+ (A0), 370 m.
- Via del Piacere V, V+, a single move grading VI, 350 m.
- Via Boschetti-Zaltron
- Alpinismo Radicale
- Via Carugati III+, a single move grading IV, 330 m.
- Via Carlesso IV, V, a single move grading V+, 290 m.
North-East Ridge
- Via Tranquillo e Placido VI, VII, 280 m.
North-East face
- Superbaffelan V, VI, VII, 270 m.
- Soldà Pillar IV, V-, 250 m.
North face
- Via Thiene IV, V, VI+, VII-, 170 m.
- Via Vicenza III+, IV-, 170 m.
- Via Verona III+, IV-, 170 m.
- Via Bentornato IV, V, VI, 220 m.
- Via Ferrara IV, V, A1 170 m.
The Arroccamento Path
A winter image of Baffelan seen from Malga Campogrosso - Photo Vid Pogachnik
Baffelan North face seen from Sentiero d'Arroccamento, an old military path
This is an extraordinary old military path, winding between the peaks of Sengio Alto Subgroup and crossing it from Malga Cornetto m. 1220 to Toni Giuriolo Hut at Campogrosso Pass m. 1456. The path was realized by the Italian Military Engineers Corp during the First World War.
Climate
Little Dolomites shows a local micro-climate due to the high contrast between NW side, colder and dry, and SE side, warmer and wet: this situation is the cause, especially in the summer time, of frequent fogs along the East sides.Where to stay
- Toni Giuriolo Hut at Campogrosso Pass m. 1456 Phone +39044575030RIFUGIO TONI GIURIOLO AL PASSO DI CAMPOGROSSO
- Balasso Hut m. 983 Phone +390445593055
- Alla Guardia Hut Phone +39044575257
- Pian delle Fugazze Hotel
When to climb
Best season goes from May to October.Meteo
METEO TRENTINODOLOMITI METEO
Guidebooks and maps
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“Arrampicate nelle Piccole Dolomiti” by Guido Casarotto
“A un passo dal cielo” di Arturo Franco Castagna – Alpguide Antersass
Map Pasubio-Carega 1:25.000
