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| Vaio dei Colori   | 
| Page Type: Route Location: Prealpi Venete, Italy, Europe Lat/Lon: 45.72490°N / 11.13260°E Route Type: Mountaineering, Mixed Season: Spring Time Required: Half a day Rock Difficulty: Class 3 Difficulty: Easy climb, snow couloir 45 deg.
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| Page By: Vid Pogachnik Created/Edited: Jun 3, 2005 / Jul 22, 2006 Object ID: 165330 Hits: 1075 Loading... Page Score: 86.04% - 1 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Rating the Tour (by hiking standards)
0. General: 1456m to 2259m, exposition NE and N, marked (not in couloir - snow!). Best time for the ascent is late spring and early summer. Snow couloir is up to 45 degrees steep, some 500m of altitude. A few steel ropes to overcome some rocks.
1. Effort: 900m, 3h.
2. Power: 3 - medium (snow up to 45 degrees, easy rocks).
3. Psyche: 3 - medium.
4. Orientation: 3 - medium.
ApproachThe trailhead starts on Campogrosso (see the main page).
Route Description
From Passo Campogrosso the marked path goes over meadows and through woods towards SW. It ascends the slopes of the side ridge, rising above Passo Campogrosso, until it reaches the NE slopes of the main chain. Then it crosses these slopes almost horizontally. Just before ascending to a small notch in a side ridge you pass the crossroads where the easier route ascends up towards left on Bocchetta dei Fondi. Our path continues crossing, ascends a small notch and on the other side descends (don't go up by the path No. 8!) again almost 100 meters. Then it continues crossing towards W until it reaches a broad ravine, in late spring and early summer filled with snow. Here it's worth putting on crampons, as the couloir will go up on the main ridge, overcoming some 500m of altitude.
The couloir first ascends upwards and is not very steep. After some 100 meters it branches. The right branch also reaches very high below the main ridge, but the Colori route goes left. The couloir becomes steeper, more narrow, we soon turn a bit right and go directly upwards. The slopes are some 40 degrees steep. Some 200 meters higher we reach the crux point. Even end of May the snow is intermitted with a rocky and icy step. You can climb directly over rocks on the right, but it is easier to search some 5 meters below the step on the right side, where you find a steel rope. With its help the rocky part is soon below you, then you can return into the couloir or continue by the rocks on the right (steel rope). Still above you reach the most narrow and steep part of the couloir (some 45 degrees), pass it and above you already see the sunny edge of the main ridge (Bocchetta dei Fondi). You continue by the snow as high as possible, climb over the final rocks (easy) and you are out.
From the edge towards the main summit you follow an easy path (the right one) to the saddle left below the summit cone and towards right to the top (45 more minutes).
It is best to return back via Bocchetta dei Fondi.
Essential GearIn spring and early summer, when the tour is most recommendable, you need an ice pick and crampons. Rope is not needed (for experienced).
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