Ferrata Santa Felicita (Bassano del Grappa)

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Ferrata Santa Felicita (Bassano del Grappa)

The Ferrata Santa Felicita è a short route and atletica in' the homonymous valley near Bassano del Grappa: short but varied and intense itinerary, which requires good force of arms. It takes place in an area famous for l' sports and & leisure climbing; ideal for training in cold months.

▲Approach

Starting point the parking d' access to the Valle Santa Felicita, in Romano d'Ezzelino (VI): following the directions to via Santa Felicita you leave l' car in the ' wide parking at the end of the road. Open road signs on Google Maps. You walk north along the path that leads to the wall; part of the path is tiring, on a series of steps in rock, up to the rock gym where you find the indications for the ferrata.

▲The path

It attaches a beautiful vertical wall well equipped with abundant brackets, on excellent granite that, where not replaced by fixtures, offers solid hooks. The brackets move gradually to sinistra with a slight overhanging (first difficult & agrave;); after about ten vertical meters a short horizontal section on the left precedes a second vertical section, always on brackets, with which you quickly gain altitude and exposure. Take a left-hand side, using the pins for the feet, up to a vertical wall of about fifteen meters which above takes the form of a diedro along a crack: climb on brackets, move from the left to the right side of the dihedron, pass a slightly overhanging passage and exit on a left side where to rest. From the census you move left in a stretch of descent, you get around a edge and you get to the più tract; characteristic: a plane across horizontal with nails as foot support. A wall of about 6 meters is down and diagonally on the left begins l' last section, with a slight descent (again on nails); it loses altitude until the end of the crossing, a vertical wall is descended on brackets and a diagonal ramp equipped until the end (30' from' attack / 1h 15' from parking ).

▲Character and difficulty

Short but intense and challenging, with strong exposure throughout the route. Difficult & Agrave; they are mainly athletic: the possibility to climb ` limited by ' abundant use of brackets and piles, and serves good force of arms.

⚠ Strong exposure and athletic steps: not recommended to those who are not trained in arms. Excellent in winter for low altitude, but always with dry rock.
▲Period and safety

Low altitude (maximum 350 m): most of the year can be traveled, indicated as training in cold months.

▲Discipline

From the end, a path returns in short to the' the return to the car park takes place on the backward approach path (30' from the term / 1h 45' totali).

▲To match

Near the Grappa massif, it is combined in the day with one of the two itineraries that go up: the Ferrata Sass Brusai e la Ferrata Guzzella. To the north Ferrata Gabrielli to the Cima d'Asta; in Val d'Astico the recent Ferrata Anelli delle Anguane.

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Technical data
  • DifficultyHard
  • RegionVeneto
  • GroupGrappa Massif
  • Approach0:45 h
  • Ferrata0:30 h
  • Itinerary (a/r)1:45 h
  • Hardware level difference40 m
  • Route difference140 m
  • Max350 m
  • Length3 Km