Climbing Dolomites - tagged with hiking http://active.climbingdolomites.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron info@piardi.net Via ferrata klettersteig Catinaccio d'Antermoia (Kessel Kugel) - Rosengarten, Dolomiti. http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/221/via-ferrata-klettersteig-catinaccio-dantermoia-kessel-kugel-rosengarten-dolomiti ]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:14:00 +0200 http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/221/via-ferrata-klettersteig-catinaccio-dantermoia-kessel-kugel-rosengarten-dolomiti On the way to Forcella Marmolada - via ferrata West Ridge, Marmolada, Dolomites http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/214/on-the-way-to-forcella-marmolada-via-ferrata-west-ridge-marmolada-dolomites

The West Ridge in Punta Penia, Marmolada is a medium difficult via ferrata, and one of the more panoramic all over the Dolomites as well. Strarting from Rifugio Pian dei Fiacconi, you hike on snow and ice with crampons till Forcella Marmolada, where the via ferrata starts. It's well protected with fixed steel ropes, ladders and some pitons, and you climb up to 3000m on a great scenery, with many contrasts (rock, snow, ice and the green fields around Arabba and Val di Fassa), very challenging. This tour has to be faced with caution and preparation, better with a Mountain Guide. You hike on a glacier (risks of crevasses) and around an altitude where a changing in the weather could be dangerous.

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Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:12:00 +0200 http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/214/on-the-way-to-forcella-marmolada-via-ferrata-west-ridge-marmolada-dolomites
Marmolada, via ferrata Cresta Ovest klettersteig - Dolomites Dolomiti http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/213/marmolada-via-ferrata-cresta-ovest-klettersteig-dolomites-dolomiti

La Cresta Ovest di Punta Penia è una via ferrata difficile, certamente una delle più panoramiche delle Dolomiti. Partendo dal rifugio Pian dei Fiacconi si cammina prima sui resti del ghiacciaio, poi su neve e ghiaccio con i ramponi fino alla Forcella Marmolada, dove inizia la ferrata vera e propria. Attrezzata con funi metalliche, staffe e qualche scala, la salita si svolge costantemente sopra i 3000m in uno scenario maestoso, ricco di contrasti (la roccia, la neve, il ghiaccio e i prati verdi della valle di Livinallongo) e molto emozionante.

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Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:38:00 +0200 http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/213/marmolada-via-ferrata-cresta-ovest-klettersteig-dolomites-dolomiti
Piccoli trekkers lungo il Viaz del Bus - Val di Gares, Dolomiti http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/210/piccoli-trekkers-lungo-il-viaz-del-bus-val-di-gares-dolomiti

Percorso solitario intorno a Gares, lungo l'Orrido delle Comelle. Una cengia di 50m e un caratteristico passaggio in un buco (il "Bus") permette di rientrare al punto di partenza, concludendo un anello magnifico in ambiente solitario.

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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:05:00 +0200 http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/210/piccoli-trekkers-lungo-il-viaz-del-bus-val-di-gares-dolomiti
Marmolada, West Ridge - Via ferrata sulla Cresta Ovest http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/193/marmolada-west-ridge-via-ferrata-sulla-cresta-ovest ]]> Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:22:00 +0200 http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/193/marmolada-west-ridge-via-ferrata-sulla-cresta-ovest Dolomites, Marmolada - On the way to Pian dei Fiacconi Hut http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/194/dolomites-marmolada-on-the-way-to-pian-dei-fiacconi-hut ]]> Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:21:00 +0200 http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/194/dolomites-marmolada-on-the-way-to-pian-dei-fiacconi-hut Sass da Putia (Peitlerkofel), Dolomites http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/187/sass-da-putia-peitlerkofel-dolomites

Sass da Putia is a 2800m peak, quite isolated from the rest of the Dolomites (it's the north bundary of them). An easy via ferrata leads you to the summit: the best 360° view of all the Dolomites. Don't miss it!

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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:04:00 +0200 http://active.climbingdolomites.com/items/view/187/sass-da-putia-peitlerkofel-dolomites