Ferrata at Piz de Peres

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Ferrata at Piz de Peres
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Inaugurated in 2022 between San Vigilio di Marebbe (Val Badia) and Valdaora (Val Pusteria), a stone's throw from Plan de Corones, the Ferrata al Piz de Peres leads to the panoramic peak of the same name (2507 m). It is a dolomitic mold, of average difficulty with a couple of more challenging points, alternating diedri, walls, canals and stretches of crest exposed with view on the large groups of the Dolomites.

▲Approach

From the Furcia Pass, on the winding road that connects San Vigilio di Marebbe to Valdaora. Starting point on Google Maps. On the south side you follow path 3 to a crossroads, where you climb steeply on path 12B; pass the refuge and the lifts intersect the path 12, which rises from San Vigilio on the slope of Val Badia. It follows uphill to a clear sign, where you hold the right and in short you reach the attack (about 1h 20' from the parking lot).

▲The path

An all' sign; attack shows the three sections, separated by two escape routes. The prima starts with small rocks equipped to the right; you pass a cave and a wall, then a right nod and, on beautiful exposure, you climb a pillar of medium difficult and pleasant and climbing. The road continues vertically between short terraces up to a transfer nod to the right, where the equipment ends; some rocky leaps lead all' crossroads with path 12, where you can può close (on the left the 12 reports all' attack, on the right you climb to the summit). The seconda section — i «tre denti», the più challenging — starts with a vertical wall hand-marked but hard; with beams to the right you reach a short suspension bridge, then a vertical and exposed but well climbing wall leads to the ridge wire, with never difficult aerial passages, up to a saddle. The second tooth is vertical and challenging; a path along the third tooth avoiding the più passages; hard, while those who complete the third tooth climbs vertically up to a slightly overhanging wall (hard-grade passage), then again on the ridge between ups and downs to the saddle where the second section ends (right a way to escape to path 12). The terza, the più easy, & easy; a long series of jumps and short walls along the crest that leads to the end of the equipment, now in sight of the summit (about 2h from' attack, 3h 15' from the parking lot). From here a path in 15' it reaches the cross of the Piz de Peres (2507 m), about 800 m above the Furcia Pass (3h 30' total).

▲Character and difficulty

Altogether average difficulty, with the key points (the wall of the first tooth and the overhanging of the third) of difficult and exposed degree. Equipment in good condition.

⚠ The two escape routes allow to reduce the effort by skipping the hardest teeth. As a crest exposed at altitude, it is advisable to start with stable weather and snow free canals.
▲Period and safety

Summer itinerary of medium-high altitude: indicated from late spring to autumn, with dry rock and bottom of the canals.

▲Discipline

Two options. You can go back to path 12, which runs parallel to the ferrata, up to the attack and then to the parking lot. Or — recommended the ring — from the opposite side to the uphill one goes down to the Forcella delle Tre Dita (2330 m, about 30'), then left along the valley up to the wide path 3 that leads back to the forest to the Furcia Pass (about 2h from the summit, 5h 30' total).

▲To match

The road rises between two valleys rich in ferrate. Not far, on the side of Valdaora, the Ferrata di ValdaoraThe whole of Val Badia and Val Pusteria also offer numerous other routes equipped to concatenate in the following days.

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Technical data
  • DifficultyModerately Hard
  • RegionTrentino-Alto Adige
  • GroupDolomiti – Plan de Corones
  • Approach1:20 h
  • Ferrata2:00 h
  • Itinerary (a/r)5:30 h
  • Hardware level difference250 m
  • Route difference720 m
  • Max2507 m
  • Length5,5 Km