A very nice via ferrata even though at first we had an other opinion. It starts with some slippery rocks (maybe because it rained the night before) and at some places we had to use steel rope to advance. This was pretty similar to the Marmolada west ridge. Then there was a key place: a [...]

From the camping site the weather looked good, but a bit windy. When we hiked up it became really windy. So we resigned from our initial plans of hiking the whole via ferrata Gadotti up to forcella de la Castella, and just went to Cima Dodici (Sas de la Doudesh) from which we could enjoy [...]

This time we went equipped with hiking poles and crampons and made it to the top without any problems from Rif. Pian di Fiacconi. Crampons were very useful on that small glacier below Sforcella de la Marmolada, because there were few places with blank ice and because the fact that in that early morning everything [...]

The weather was so great on that day that we decided to go on Marmolada. I must admit we underestimated the way. We did take neither hiking poles nor crampons, so we end up at the small glacier below Sforcella de la Marmolada. Maybe some years ago it would be easy go so, but this [...]