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La Ferrata Simone Contessi climbs along the rocky towers of the ridge of Monte Due Mani, in the province of Lecco. È a demanding and very varied , with vertical walls, beams and a dozen towers, and gives a wonderful view on Grigne, Resegone and Lake. A path along the ferrata and allows you to bypass the individual towers, offering numerous escape routes.

Starting point along the road that connects Ballabio to Morterone (Lecco): from Ballabio you go for almost 5 km to the winding road to Morterone, you cross a tunnel and, after a few bends, you find a slargo on the left with a couple of parking spaces and a sign (other parking spaces just beyond). Open road signs on Google Maps. From the parking lot, a steep path in the forest takes short to the tag d' attack (10' from the parking lot).

The Via è marked by a series of torrioni, each one by the path. It starts with the chain that bends left onto small rocks, circumvents a prominence and then on the right leads under a first wall with few hooks (a bracket helps the foot); it follows a più wall; long with natural hooks and brackets and a diagonal traverse left towards a corner, which closes the first section. The second section, all' più appearance; lasts as long as it is, rises with a left-hand side, a vertical wall with good supports and small rocks. The third, challenging, alternates a short right-handed traverse, a diagonal traverse exposed to the left and a vertical dihedron. The fourth tower, più easy, goes up a corner and descends on the opposite side; the fifth has a steep vertical wall, a exposed traverse and a last vertical stretch, followed by a ridge path equipped. The sixth è a short plaque, the seventh the più easy. L' eighth section — the Torrione della Discordia — è of a very difficult level: a narrow nod under a roof, a wall definitely overhanging with brackets, chain and cable, a short diagonal traverse and another 5-6 meters overhanging, then a long diagonal traverse in adherence on rock poor d' The ninth section è a beautiful vertical plate, at first apparently smooth then più attached to the left, about ten meters (1h 30' from' ) attack. Follows a ridge with equipped sections and path (about 1h 15') up to a last crossroads: the tenth and short section goes up a spur and descends on the opposite side, otherwise bypassable, up to the peak cross with the bedless bivouac (3h from' attack, 3h 15' totali).

Limestone rock that allows you to climb in many stretches. Overall the road remains difficile, although with the Torrione della Discordia of a very difficult but bypassable level.

GPS tracks (GPX and KMZ) are available; the Grigne, Resegone and Valsassina map is useful for the area. The ferrata is dedicated to the young climber Simone Contessi, of the Malnatt group of Lecco, who died in an accident.

It can be arranged; go down the normal road: reached the asphalted road upstream of the' car, keep the left downhill and take right l' ancient municipal road of Morterone in the forest until the parking lot. Alternatively, go down the steep path that runs along the towers, up to ' attack and all' car (1h 45' from the summit, 5h totali).

Area rich in itineraries: in increasing order of difficulty the River Trail, la Gallery of Morcate, la Range 1 to the Planets, la Ferrata al Corno Medale e la 30° OSA at Corno Rat; for the most prepared the Range 2 o la Ferrata del Monte Ocone.