Grade 3 Via Ferrata Michielli Strobel – Punta Fiames

  This post is part of a longer trip report. You can access the full table of contents here. We had saved VF Michielli Strobel until last since the start of the climb is still accessible by bus outside of the tourist season, which had come to an end the day before. The route’s proximity  to Cortina meantContinue reading “Grade 3 Via Ferrata Michielli Strobel – Punta Fiames”

Grade 4 Via Ferrata Giovanni Lipella – Tofana de Rozes

This post is part of a longer trip report. You can access the full table of contents here. Tofana de Rozes had really caught my eye on the day we had climbed at Cinque Torre. Its walls looked mesmerizing, and I doubted it would be possible to climb to the top in one day. Because of the busContinue reading “Grade 4 Via Ferrata Giovanni Lipella – Tofana de Rozes”

Grade 2 Via Ferrata – Ivano Dibona to Rifugio Ospitale

This post is part of a longer trip report. You can access the full table of contents here. Breakfast in the hut was completely chaotic. Makeup artists had taken over most of the dining room, preparing the models for their ‘au naturel’ shots, whilst stylists fidgeted with an extensive clothing rack of outdoor clothing. We quickly made ourContinue reading “Grade 2 Via Ferrata – Ivano Dibona to Rifugio Ospitale”

Grade 2 Via Ferrata Marino Bianchi – Cima di Mezzo

This post is part of a longer trip report. You can access the full table of contents here. Packing up early in the morning, we took the bus into Cortina and set up camp again but in a campsite a couple of minutes away from the others, which seemed to be better equipped for camping rather than caravanning. Getting theContinue reading “Grade 2 Via Ferrata Marino Bianchi – Cima di Mezzo”

Rock climbing and via ferratas in the Dolomites

A week of rock climbing and via ferratas in the Dolomites based in Cortina di Ampezzo, kindly sponsored by The Irvine Fund