Caratteristica: Facile, adatta a principianti

The Ferrata delle Peredrette is a recent route that dates back to a rocky coast near Donnas, in the lower Aosta Valley. It is easy and suitable for beginners and, for altitude and exposure, it lends itself well to the half seasons and the beautiful winter days.

You reach Donnas; the most convenient option is to park in an old industrial area along the Dora Baltea: shortly after the village, at a roundabout where the state road continues straight, you descend to the left until a large parking lot. Starting point on Google Maps. You pass under the state road, continue north-east in a street of the village up to a stone arch; you cross it and climb left for about 300 meters. After a first bridge (indications for Pomeroud) you reach a second bridge, where you turn left following the signs: about 300 meters, a turn left and you reach the first equipment in the wood (about 20' from the parking lot).

The first part is a path equipped with low difficulty that climbs ramps and pitches in the woods, with beautiful views of the valley and the vineyards; it has more the characteristics of an equipped path than a real ferrata, missing with verticality. After a short stretch downhill and other easy passages ends the first part; it follows a stretch of connection in the forest (about ten minutes, yellow pollen) until the second part, more vertical and fun. The cable resumes on plates supported up to a first prominence with abundant cambre; it exits right in view of the valley, you pass another short stretch downhill and you reach the most characteristic passage, on the edge of the wall overlooking the valley (without difficulty, but very panoramic). At a crossroads you can choose on the right the easy street or on the left a moderately difficult variant, which after a short crossing rises a small wall slightly adjective of about ten meters, rich of cambre. The two routes gather for the final meters: a few horizontal steps and an easy diagonal crossing up to the end (about 1h 15' from the beginning of the equipment, about 1h 45' total).

Itinerary short and easy, ideal for neophytes and accessible most of the year; the left variant adds a pinch of commitment for those who want something more vertical.

The ferrata was inaugurated on 6 November 2021, within a larger project that also includes new equipped cliffs (Piramide di Pomerou, Falesia delle Ciliegie, Masso Vigneti di Reisen).

The return path is well marked and develops in the woods, rejoining with the final part of the approach; you return to the car backwards (about 40' from the term, about 2h 30' total).

Short and easy, leave time for a second way in the day: the most difficult Ferrata del Gorbeillon towards Cervinia, the Ferrata Casimiro o la Ferrata José Angster; staying in the lower valley Ferrata di Covarey.