Via Ferrata - Climbing Routes
The Oskar-Schuster-Track - Sasso Piatto, 2.964 m (Sassolungogroup)
Difficulty: difficult
Starting point: Passo Sella Refuge, 2.153 m
Point of support: Vicenza Refuge/Sassolungo, 2.252 m
Difference in height: ascent: about 700 m, descent: about 1.200 m
Duration:
descent: Fork of Sassolungo-Vicenza Refuge/Sassolungo, about 45 minutes
ascent: Sasso Piatto-Sasso Piatto Refuge-Passo Sella Refuge, about 2 ½ hours
descent: Sasso Piatto-Sasso Piatto Refuge-Passo Sella Refuge, about 3 hours
climbing tour: about 1 ½ - 2 hours
Indication: danger of ice and falling rocks
Access:
By cablecar from the Passo Sella Refuge, 2.183 m, to the Fork of Sassolungo, 2.679 m. Go down following the path nr. 525 until the Deep Valley of Sassolungo and Vicenza Refuge/Sassolungo, 2.252 m. If the weather conditions are not good, ask at the refuge for further information. From the refuge ascend across the Deep Valley of Sasso Piatto at the beginning of the climb. Attention! There are often snow-covered tracts! Now follow the signs through the nord side of the Sasso Piatto, along narrow rubble until the top of the Sasso Piatto, 2.964 m.
Descent:
Along the path descend towards Sasso Piatto Refuge, nearby Giogo di Fassa, 2.297 m. From this point you can follow the easy path Federico Augusto until Passo Sella Refuge, 2.183 m.
Note:
The south-west side of Sasso Piatto is a well-known ski-slope in spring and the only top of the Sassolungogroup, which can be reached by normal walkers.
The Pössnecker-Route - Piz Sella, 2941 m (Sella-Group)
Difficulty: extremely difficult
Starting point: Passo Sella, 2.240 m
Point of support: Passo Sella Refuge, 2.183 m
Difference in height: ascent: about 700 m, descent: about 700 m
The Brigata Tridentina - Franco Cavazza Refuge at Pisciadù, 2.583 m (Sellagroup)
Difficulty: difficult
Starting point: car park close to the station at the bottom of the material-cableway, 1.950 m, to the Franco Cavazza Refuge, between Passo Gardena and Colfosco.
Point of support: Colfosco, 1.615 m
Difference in height: ascent: about 600 m, descent: about 600