Torre Costanza

this is both a Mountain and a Route page

as for this structure belongs to a "ridge" of a real mountain we can consider it not a separate summit.

Overview

One of the finest towers (and routes) of the group.
It requires a not short approach (almost 2½ hours from the car parking) and can be considered as a good test for fit and training

Many routes (some never climbed twice)
Rock is not everywhere good so I can suggest to choose between 2 routes :
the via del Littorio and the Cassin on the south wall (much more difficult and a little longer - 160m)

Approach

There are many ways to get the starting point of the routes of this tower, but if you're not experienced in Grignetta paths and tracks,
the less difficult (to find) approach is coming down from Rif. Rosalba so :

Starting from Piano dei Resinelli follow the road till Rifugio Porta.
Follow the path "Direttissima" (mark 8) till the Rifugio Rosalba (1730m) - 2h

Once here you must go down along the "sentiero delle foppe" (mark 9) and in 10 minutes you arrive to the bottom of the S wall of Torrione Cinquantenario.
Now you must cross, along steep grass slopes under the Torre Cecilia till a small saddle (little rocky spur on the right).
Cross toward a channel between Torre Cecilia and Torre Costanza and follow it till the saddle. (1 hour)

Starting from the saddle you can climb the normal route (4°) that follows a series of chimneys along the N wall,
give a look to this route that should be used to come down.

Route Description : via del Littorio

But if you want to climb a fine route you must descend almost 50 m from the saddle till a plaque that marks the starting point of the
via del Littorio - 130m - 5° (5.7)
This is the finest, and the less difficult among the many routes of this tower

Essential Gear

2 ropes of 40m
10 carabiniers
2 stepladders or etriers can be useful

Difficulty table

Images

View Torre Costanza Image Gallery - 10 Images