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The Perfect Experience in Introductory Via Ferrate
It's hard to find a range more scenic and exhilirating than the Dolomites in Northern Italy. It's a perfect and picturesque place to have your first dip of challanges with this wonderful sport.
Stunning mountains - and looks - guaranteed.
You have probably seen pictures of the Dolomites which left your breathless - quickened your pulse. Arguably the most beautiful European mountain range, the Dolomites are a dream of any mountainlover and a place for repeated visits. You know what the biggest problem is with this trip? That it's impossible to figure out, what to leave out of the 3-4 day itinerary. As far as scenery, accessability and climbing, you can only speak in superlatives of the Dolomites.
In order to figure out what to include in this short via ferrata itinerary, we got together an assembly of the most seasoned of our guides who have "eaten, drunk and slept" the Dolomites and had them vote for what to include for you here.
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- 1. June 2011, Wednesday
- 5. June 2011, Sunday
- 20. July 2011, Wednesday
- 24. July 2011, Sunday
- 20. August 2011, Saturday
- 24. August 2011, Wednesday
- 17. September 2011, Saturday
- 21. September 2011, Wednesday
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About these prices...
Join Summit Club for free and enjoy a huge discount from your first trip on!
All you have to do is sign up on a short form and you are immediately eligible for Members' price! Click here for details and to enroll. Yes, it is FREE and takes 2 minutes.
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Friendly Price:360 GBP
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For Our Members:345 GBP
* You get to choose this after booking, don't worry about it just now.
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- Bed&breakfast
- all equipment (harness-helmet-via ferrata set)
- guiding and local transportation
- Other meals
- beverages
- transfers and flight to Venice (the closest airport)
Other info
This is the perfect intro to via ferrate in the mountains where this sport was born. It's mostly easy stuff and intro to some more advanced sections - recommended to those new to the sport. For some more challenging ferrate, try Dolomites Deluxe.
About these grades...
Physical difficulty of trips
- Alpine trekking - up to 1200 m of vertical in a day on short trips
- Longer trips with high daily loads of 1000 m+ vertical
- Climbs involving 1000 m+ of vertical climbing above 4000 meters
- Same as Level 3 with the addition of speed as a must
- Climbs to summits over 6000 meters in altitude
Technical difficulty grades
- Trekking on rocks or snow to 25 degrees steepness, no hands required
- Alpine Grade PD - 30-45 degree snow/firnice axe required, may have to use with hands, as you may meet UIAA Grade III rock.
- Alpine grade AD: 40-55 degree slopes or UIAA grade-III rock
- "My feet are shaking!" Alpine grade D: 50-70 degree snow-walls or UIAA IV-V rock: serious stuff
- D graded climbs None of our package trips do this level, but you can request an expert to accompany you for your D or higher graded project.
Here's a table detailing the above used grades on MountainDays.
Culture shock grading
As far as the cultural environment of your country/area of destination, we have set up grades to indicate what degree of culture shock you may expect.
- Your usual cultural environment, no big surprises in relation to Anglo/Saxon way of life
- A little different than what you are used to at home, but no big suprises
- Your trip is a cultural experience in itself, with amusing differences form what you're used to at home.
- This is a different world; you have to significantly alter your expectations and behaviour.
- Possibility of extreme culture shock; forget any rules you may have brought from home, life runs completely differently than what you can even dream up.
About these grades...
Physical difficulty of trips
- Alpine trekking - up to 1200 m of vertical in a day on short trips
- Longer trips with high daily loads of 1000 m+ vertical
- Climbs involving 1000 m+ of vertical climbing above 4000 meters
- Same as Level 3 with the addition of speed as a must
- Climbs to summits over 6000 meters in altitude
Technical difficulty grades
- Trekking on rocks or snow to 25 degrees steepness, no hands required
- Alpine Grade PD - 30-45 degree snow/firnice axe required, may have to use with hands, as you may meet UIAA Grade III rock.
- Alpine grade AD: 40-55 degree slopes or UIAA grade-III rock
- "My feet are shaking!" Alpine grade D: 50-70 degree snow-walls or UIAA IV-V rock: serious stuff
- D graded climbs None of our package trips do this level, but you can request an expert to accompany you for your D or higher graded project.
Here's a table detailing the above used grades on MountainDays.
Culture shock grading
As far as the cultural environment of your country/area of destination, we have set up grades to indicate what degree of culture shock you may expect.
- Your usual cultural environment, no big surprises in relation to Anglo/Saxon way of life
- A little different than what you are used to at home, but no big suprises
- Your trip is a cultural experience in itself, with amusing differences form what you're used to at home.
- This is a different world; you have to significantly alter your expectations and behaviour.
- Possibility of extreme culture shock; forget any rules you may have brought from home, life runs completely differently than what you can even dream up.
Is this climb for you?
- Physical difficulty:
- Technical difficulty:
- Culture shock:
Your guides
Zsolt Erőss
Born in: 1968
Occupation:mountain guide, ski instructor, expedition organizer and leader
Spoken languages: English
Favorite climb: Matterhorn Climb
His other climbs: Grossglockner, Mont Blanc
Huba Markos
Born in: 1967
Occupation:mountain guide, ski instructor, dental technician
Spoken languages: English, some German
Favorite climb: Matterhorn
His other climbs: Grossglockner, Grossglockner-Stüdlgrat, Mont-Blanc, Monte Rosa
Expeditions: Aconcagua Exp.
Laci Mecs
Born in: 1973
Occupation: mountain guide, climbing instructor
Spoken languages English, German
Favorite climb: Monte Rosa
Other climbs: Grossvenediger, Grossglockner, Grossglockner-Stüdlgrat, Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa
Day 1: Meet in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Today, you meet your guide in the afternoon in Cortina at the pleasant B&B. After dinner, your guide shows you the "setup" for via ferrata - how to use your equipment and basic safety instruction. Do take a stroll in downtown Cortina - you'll love it, but go to bed early, as tomorrow is an early rise.
Day 2: Innerkofler and Forcelle, Monte Paterno (2744 m) , Torre di Toblin (2617 m)
After breakfast, you get in the car and take a short trip to Auronzo Hut (2320 m). Starting out on the trail, you admire the southern faces of the famous Tre Cime (Three Sisters) towers.
The hike to the start of the ferrata takes you to Lavaredo saddle, leading to Monte Paterno. If you're up to it, you can keep going all the way to Torre di Toblin. Now, this is a remarkable spot because you get the best views of Tre Cime from here. If you're not up to this extra challange, you can just sip on a cold drink at Locatelli refuge.
The descent around the Holy Trinity will provide yet more stunning views - more than what most people have the fortune to experience over a lifetime.
Day 3: Ivano Dubona Via Ferrata, Marino Bianchi Ferrata, Cima di Mezzo (3154 m)
On your second Dolomite via ferrata, you approach the most widely televised spot of the Dolomites - the cable-bridge known from the movie Cliffhanger (starring ole' Stalone). Today's trip starts at 2215 meters where you hop on a chairlift and take a ride to Lorenzi hut. With the ski lift, you a flown to 2932 meters in just under 20 minutes, from where Marino Bianchi ferrata takes on the Cime di Mezzo summit.
Once on the summit, you take the same route back to the refuge (Lorenzi). From here, you take a different route and reach the cable bridge. Time allowing, you may also take on Cristallino d'Ampezzo summit with your guide. Reaching the top of the lift once again, you walk to the valley this time. Unless you whine, in which case your guide might just let you take the ski lift again... :)
Day 4: Giovanni Lipella via ferrata, Tofana di Rozes (3225 m)
On the last climbing day of your trip, you are taken to the most exhilirating and scenic ferratas of all. You make your way to Dibona refuge. From here, a trail takes you to the entrance of a cave, once used as a shelter for Austro-Hungarian and Italian soldiers in WWI. The path in the cave makes a 150 meter rise. Stepping out from the dark of the cave into the blinding sunshine is an experience in itself, but here you are met with yet another new, breathtaking view of the Dolomites.
You make your way through some ruins of a WWI fortress as you are inching towards one of the highest and most stunning summits of the Dolomites. It's a tough climb here, but well worth the effort.
Day 5: Depart for Home
That was it; your short intro of the Dolomites. 58% of our clients extend their stay and take on some of the more challanging ferratas of the area. If so, please let us know on the form below - your guide will stay with you and take you to the next level. We will not let you leave home without getting everything out of these mountains that you wish.
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