A guidebook to 77 via ferrata routes in the Italian Dolomites, covering the southern Dolomites, Brenta and Lake Garda regions. The routes are suitable for walkers, scramblers and climbers who are comfortable with exposure.

Routes range from 1 to 60km (½-37 miles) and take 1 to 12 hours, with some options combining into longer multi-day excursions. For the high mountains the season runs from June until late September - though lower altitude routes in Lake Garda, Adige valley and 'Piccole Dolomiti' (Vicenza and Rovereto) can be climbed throughout the year.

• Routes graded by technical difficulty and seriousness, requiring helmet, harness and via ferrata lanyard
• Coverage includes Brenta, Lake Garda, Trento, Schiara, Südtirol, Civetta and Pale di San Martino
• 1:50,000 maps provided for each route, plus photo topos
• Practical advice on equipment, safety and choosing the best base
• Part of a two-volume set, Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites Volume 1 is also available

Route summary table
Foreword
INTRODUCTION
What is a via ferrata?
Using this guide
When to go
Getting there
Getting around
Accommodation
Telecommunications
Maps and place names
Weather
Route gradings
Equipment
Cable etiquette
What to wear
Accidents and mountain rescue
A brief history
Geology
Plant life
Wildlife

1 VICENZA
Route 1 Via Ferrata Carlo Campalani
Route 2 Sentiero Attrezzato Angelo Pojesi
Route 3 Via Ferrata Giancarlo Biasin
Route 4 Via Ferrata del Vajo Scuro
Route 5 Via Ferrata Angelo Viali e Ezio Ferrari

2 ROVERETO
Route 6 Via Ferrata delle Taccole
Route 7 Via Ferrata Gerardo Sega
Route 8 Sentiero Attrezzato delle Vipere
Route 9 Via Ferrata Ottorino Marangoni (Mori)
Route 10 Sentiero Attrezzato Franco Galli
Route 11 Sentiero Attrezzato Monte Cornetto
Route 12 Sentiero Attrezzato Gaetano Falcipieri

3 RIVA DEL GARDA
Route 13 Via Ferrata Spigolo della Bandiera
Route 14 Via Ferrata Crènch
Route 15 Sentiero Attrezzato Mora-Pellegrini
Route 16 Via Ferrata Fausto Susatti e Cima Rocca
Route 17 Via Ferrata Mario Foletti
Route 18 Via Ferrata dell’Amicizia / Centenario SAT
Route 19 Via Ferrata Signora delle Acque
Route 20 Via Ferrata Colodri
Route 21 Sentiero Attrezzato Scaloni / Anglone
Route 22 Via Ferrata Rio Sallagoni
Route 23 Via Ferrata Che Guevara
Route 24 Via Ferrata Rino Pisetta

4 BRENTA
Route 25 Sentiero Attrezzato Umberto Bozzetto
Route 26 Sentiero Attrezzato Gustavo Vidi
Route 27 Sentiero Attrezzato di Val Gelada
Route 28 Sentiero Claudio Costanzi
Route 29 Sentiero Attrezzato delle Palete
Route 30 Via Ferrata Alfredo Benini
Route 31 Via Ferrata Bocchette Alte
Route 32 Via Ferrata Oliva Detassis
Route 33 Via Ferrata Bocchette Centrali
Route 34 Via Ferrata Spellini
Route 35 Sentiero Attrezzato Osvaldo Orsi
Route 36 Via Ferrata Livio Brentari
Route 37 Via Ferrata Ettore Castiglioni
Route 38 Sentiero Attrezzato dell’Ideale e Martinazzi
Route 39 Sentiero Attrezzato SOSAT

5 TRENTO
Route 40 Sentiero Attrezzato Corazza / Sparavei
Route 41 Via Ferrata Giulio Segata
Route 42 Sentiero Attrezzato Clemente Chiesa
Route 43 Sentiero Attrezzato Giordano Bertotti
Route 44 Via Ferrata Burrone Giovanelli
Route 45 Via Ferrata Rio Secco
Route 46 Via Ferrata Favogna

6 BOLZANO
Route 47 Via Ferrata Mendola al Roèn
Route 48 Via Ferrata Campanili del Latemar
Route 49 Via Ferrata Attilio Sieff

7 FELTRE
Route 50 Via Ferrata Carlo Guzzella
Route 51 Via Ferrata Sass Brusai
Route 52 Via Ferrata Giulio Gabrielli
Route 53 Via Ferrata Val di Scala

8 PALE DI SAN MARTINO
Route 54 Via Ferrata Bolver Lugli
Route 55 Via Ferrata Gabitta d’Ignoti
Route 56 Sentiero Attrezzato Nico Gusella
Route 57 Via Ferrata del Porton
Route 58 Via Ferrata del Velo
Route 59 Via Ferrata della Vecchia / Vecia
Route 60 Sentiero Attrezzato Camillo Depaoli
Route 61 Via Ferrata Dino Buzzati
Route 62 Sentiero del Cacciatore
Route 63 Via Ferrata del Canalone
Route 64 Via Ferrata Fiamme Gialle e Sentiero Vani Alti

9 AGORDINO
Route 65 Via Ferrata Stella Alpina
Route 66 Via Ferrata Canalone
Route 67 Via Ferrata dell’Orsa / Sentiero del Dottor
Route 68 Via Ferrata Fiamme Gialle
Route 69 Via Ferrata Attilio Tissi
Route 70 Via Ferrata Gianni Costantini
Route 71 Via Ferrata degli Alleghesi

10 BELLUNO
Route 72 Via Ferrata Zacchi
Route 73 Via Ferrata Sperti
Route 74 Via Ferrata Berti
Route 75 Via Ferrata Piero Rossi / Marmol
Route 76 Sentiero Attrezzato Marino Guardiano
Route 77 Via Ferrata della Memoria

Appendix A Useful contacts
Appendix B Glossary of mountain terms
Appendix C Further reading

Seasons

For the high mountains the season runs from June until late September – though lower altitude routes in Lake Garda, Adige valley and ‘Piccole Dolomiti’ (Vicenza and Rovereto) can be climbed throughout the year.

Centres

Agordo, Arco, Bassano, Bolzano, Belluno, Madonna di Campiglio, Molvino, Riva, Rovereto, San Martino, Trento, Vicenza.

Difficulty

Via Ferrata will appeal to walkers, scramblers and climbers with a good head for heights; routes graded by the Smith/Fletcher system for difficulty and seriousness, with something for every ability; via ferrata kit (helmet, harness and VF lanyard) required for all routes in this guide.

Must See

Dolomites, Dolomiti, Dolomiten, Lake Garda, Lago di Garda, Pale di San Martino, Pala, Brenta, Via delle Bocchette, Via Ferrata, Klettersteig, Riva, Bolzano, Trento, Trentino Alto Adige, Südtirol, South Tyrol, Bocchette Centrali, Civetta, Schiara, Rovereto, Belluno, Castrozza, Bassano, Madonna di Campiglio, Molveno, Passo Rolle, Val di Funes, Lago Molveno, Cimon della Pala.

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