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Via ferrata delle Taccole

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The via ferrata

Short and intense ferrata, suitable for expert ferrata climbers and appropriate during a trekking day.
You will start the ferrata after a three hours walk, going up along path 654: a beautiful path with an Alpine feeling.
The via ferrata is located next to Refuge Telegrafo G. Barana, at the Cima delle Buse. Its length is 150 m and it presents some exposed and difficult sections.
The via ferrata is exposed to the North and, if you want to climb it during the spring make sure there is no accumulated snow.

Route description

Getting there from Rifugio Telegrafo

From the Refuge walk towards the South on path 658 until you find the plate of the Via ferrata on your right. Go down keeping left, along a gravel descent leading you at the beginning of the via ferrata.

The ferrata

The beginning is quite technical: it starts with a vertical chimney leading to a slab presenting a crack which characterizes the ferrata. The slab is about 40 meters long, it is overhanging and the stirrups are quite distant. Keep going up even if the difficulty doesn't decreases. The last section is the hardest: it is 25 meters long and it develops on a dihedral with a slightly overhanging chimney-shaped crack. The last part of the ferrata is poorly equipped.

The descent

Go back to the refuge followinG the hrizontal road signs. You will see path 658 below on your right. The exit is a bit furtHer South of the starting access on gravel. Walking to the North along path 658 you'll go back to Refuge Telegrafo.