Preparing my main goal for 2015. How is the trail on this one?
Same for Alte Via 2 on the other side of the valley? Much Via Ferrata or none? How runable is it?

Stefan wrote:Preparing my main goal for 2015. How is the trail on this one?
Same for Alte Via 2 on the other side of the valley? Much Via Ferrata or none? How runable is it?

Nobody? Someone here must have done parts of it ...

I've done parts of Altavia 1/3 in 1993 (...) and one single part of Altavia 2 in 200x -- Col Lauson from Cogne to Valsavaranche.
Don't remember any ferrata type climbing, but snow is always possible.

Flachlandtiroler wrote:Don't remember any ferrata type climbing, but snow is always possible.

Would be beginning of september 2015 so should be fine. Good to hear no Via Ferrata, goal is to run it

There's very little via ferrata on the Alta Via 1 but none on the 2. I have done Courmayeur to Donnas (2) and then to Gressoney St-Jaques (1) during the Tor des Géants. It is a race taking place in the beginning of September and about 600 participants try to run/hike/wobble the 330k in 6 days. The time whether wise is usually great for this trail but you can still encounter thunderstorms and they are no fun when you're about to descent one of the steep peaks. All doable though.

I am planning to do TdG that`s the reason why I ask
Just hope to get in. Dragon Back in June and TdG in september. The two big goals for 2015 (and a good result in Zamiec here in Poland)