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| Page Type: Route Location: Dolomites/Rosengarten Group, Italy, Europe Lat/Lon: 46.47970°N / 11.64260°E Route Type: Via Ferrata Season: Summer, Fall Time Required: Most of a day Difficulty: Medium difficult ferratta (cable route)
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| Page By: Vid Pogachnik Created/Edited: Sep 10, 2002 / Mar 4, 2006 Object ID: 156926 Hits: 1276 Loading... Page Score: 86.73% - 3 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Approach  Catinaccio/Rosengartenspitze
For this route, I recommend to sleep somewhere in Catinaccio (cca 1900m). From the parking place above Val di Fassa we were carrying a tent and sleeping bags, so we could start early.Route Description  On the way to Passo Scalette
You start the tour on the road in Valle del Vajolet on cca 1800m, where the marked route No. 583 ascends towards east. Through pine bushes and over debris you soon arrive vertical walls, continue comfortably around them by a ledge, only slightly gaining altitude. Then the route turns northwards and starts to climb over a 300m high slope to Passo Scalette.
Passo Scalette is a southern door into the wonderful land of Larsec. Flat green meadows, rock towers, lively creeks and lonelyness. The marked route ascends persistently towards north, over a few steps of Valle di Lausa until you reach Passo Lausa, 2720m.
Now you must lose some height. You'll probably not go down to Lake Antermoia, where the marked route goes, although the beauty of this place is always worth visiting. It depends on how much snow there lies on slopes, how directly towards left (NW direction) you'll go. In any case down in Antermoia Valley you'll meet the marked route No. 584. Follow it towards west, you can't miss a huge pyramid of Kesselkogel. (See the picture in the overview section of Kesselkogel.)
When you reach the mountain, leave the route No. 584 on your left side (it goes over the Antermoia pass), and follow the marked path directly towards Kesselkogel. You'll see also many trails. Orientation problems end when you finally reach vertical rocks on the right bottom side of the wall. Now you just follow steel cables, they will lead you on a quite comfortable ledge, but still be prepared to climb on a few places. Nor this ascent nor the west descent (or vice versa) is not appropriate for people, who suffer from dizzy height. Just below the top, climbing becomes a bit more comfortable and you soon reach the peak. I'd wish you have as clear panorama as we did!
On descent, you first follow marks by a short northern ridge, then the route descends to a narrow ledge, crossing towards left again. This pattern continues. From left to right and back, always by ledges. Take care of falling stones! When you already think yo have reached the Grassleitenpass, the ledge still leads you around the corner and only there it descends down.
From the pass, you now only have to follow a broad, marked route through the beautiful Vajolet Valley towards south. On the place, where you close the circle, you will probably go in bushes to take the tent and other equipment (if you were not sleeping in the hut). After that, you need to walk down one more hour to the parking place.
For the whole circle you'll need around 7 hours (4 to climb up, 3 to get down). Add to those one more hour to descend to the car.Essential Gear  On the narrow ledges, just above Grassleitenpass
For rock climbing the usual equipment for via ferratta (a helmet mandatory).
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