The recent Ferrata Ra Pegna climbs the homonymous rocky monolith between the Duca d'Aosta Refuge and the Pomedes Refuge, above Cortina d'Ampezzo. It is an easy ferrata, inserted in a short itinerary suitable for neophytes and families.
There are two starting points. You can climb from Cortina to the Falzarego Pass and take the right road to the Dibona Refuge; at a crossroad where on the right you go up to the Duca d'Aosta Refuge you should park in the beach near the crossroads, because the road is accidents (useful option to combine the ring return with the Astaldi Trail). Starting point on Google Maps. Alternatively, park at the large square of the Baita Pie Tofana (1675 m), from which a chairlift goes up to the Duca d'Aosta Refuge (useful option for jumping the approach or returning to the chairlift). For the ferrata you can reach the Rifugio Duca d'Aosta (2098 m): from the junction, 405 mark, about 30'; or by chairlift; or for the Sentiero dei Camosci (405) from the hut (1h 30'). From the hut a chairlift climbs towards Pomedes in the valley between two monoliths: on the right the Ra Bujela (with Ferrata Maria and Andrea Ferrari), on the left the Ra Pegna. On Ra Pegna you can see a rocky rib on the left side: the attack is under that rib, reached up to the slopes up to a sign on the left side (10' from the Rifugio Duca d'Aosta).
The street rises where the diagonal plate meets the rocky rib, forming a supported dihedron. Rockets rise and easy leaps for about ten minutes without any particular difficulty; under a rocky roof you go through a nod to the right, then you go still diagonally to the right and you face a well-dressed vertical leap (the key step). Continue on rocks and stretches of path equipped to the last easy meters and to the top of the monolith, with a splendid view on Punta Anna and the Tofane. It is advisable not to remove the sling: some easy stretches to the east and, with a ladder, a more marked leap that closes the way (45' from the attack, 1h from the Rifugio Duca d'Aosta).
Easy fitting without challenging steps that, for the brevity of approach and return, is also accessible by families.
From the end you turn right down the steep ski slope to the Rifugio Duca d'Aosta, already visible (15' from the end); from here you return to the car park backwards to the approaching path.
Easily match the neighbor Ferrata at Ra Bujela (longer and harder). Climbing towards the Pomedes the Path equipped Astaldi and, towards the Tophans, the Ferrata Olivieri e la Ferrata Aglio. Towards the Falzarego Ferrata Tomaselli, la Ferrata at Col dei Bos e la Ferrata all'Averau.
- DifficultyEasy
- RegionVeneto
- GroupTofane – Dolomiti Ampezzane
- Approach1:00 h
- Ferrata0:45 h
- Itinerary (a/r)2:15 h
- Hardware level difference100 m
- Route difference200 m
- Max2241 m
- Length1,5 Km


















































