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FREE VIA FERRATAS OF THE ITALIAN DOLOMITES: NORTH, CENTRAL AND EAST DOLOMITES V. 1 PDF Graham Fletcher,John Smith | 320 pages | 30 Sep 2010 | Cicerone Press | 9781852845926 | English | Cumbria, United Kingdom Dolomites via ferratas guidebook - 77 graded routes | Cicerone Press Whilst I will spend many Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: North on the internet planning this holiday I would like to commence with suggestions from locals or people who have 'been there and done that'. Before I ask questions I will provide some background to give some context t to the questions. I am 65 and my husband is We are both quite fit and whilst not risk takers we do like to challenge ourselves and have always loved challenging hikes. Our last two trips have been to Austria and we have fallen in love with Via Ferratas. Definitely cannot do anything with a D overhang. We have done three guided tours and three without a guide. I have my own equipment and my husband will most likely buy his own kit Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: North. Each year we rent a motorhome out of Regensburg for approx. Even though parking can be a challenge in towns, Germany and Austria cater well for motorhomes and by making sure we get to places early we have not really had any problems. Italy may be different though. If we had to do it any other way we would prefer to stay home so no recommendations to hire a car and stay at hotels please. Locations of easy Via Ferratas that we could do without a guide. Also any details about the Via Ferrata in Austria each Via Ferrata Klettersteig has a map showing the route and details of the rating for each section as well as the entry and Central and East Dolomites v. 1 route- this assists in assessing if you can do it on your own or not- I cant find that for the Dolomite Via Ferratas. Group Guided Via Ferrata Tours- we cant afford to hire a personal guide so are there any guides who offer group tours for visitors eg. A lot of hikes in the Dolomites seem to be multi day where you stay at a Refuge overnight. Can anyone recommend good hikes that don't require overnight stays. Are there any in the Dolomites? Cicerone has a couple of guidebooks specifically for via ferrata, volume 1 and 2. There is a Kindle edition, or my suggestion is you purchase used as they can be expensive. Hard to suggest some until you pick the general area where you will be. There are some campgrounds in each of those areas. I despise Italian campgrounds in general as they pile you on top of each other seriously, you will be right next to your neighborthey are noisy, usually there is a pool read: lots of families and noisy kids. In other words they are the opposite of relaxing. Free camping is prohibited. I am not trying to talk you into hotels as I also cannot stand hotels, but have you considered apartments? Had that experience this year with Val di Fassa card. Also, a pass for the cable cars was way too much, found it cheaper to buy individual tickets. Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: North would have been worth it only if we had taken multiple cable cars per day, but usually we take one or two at the most then hike back down on foot. This topic has been closed to new posts due to inactivity. We hope you'll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one. We remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines, Central and East Dolomites v. 1 we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason. Log in Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: North get trip updates and message other travelers. Dolomites stay, hike and Via Ferrata. Watch this Topic. Browse forums All Browse by Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: North. Italy forums. All forums. Level Contributor. Report inappropriate content. Related: What are the most popular tours in Italy? See all. Best Seller. Peter's Basilica Tour. Re: Dolomites stay, hike and Via Ferrata. Ask a question. Best time of year to visit Italy 3 replies What to Buy in Italy? View Hotel. Centro Vacanze Poker. Agriturismo Il Giardino dei Ciliegi. Villa Sant'Isidoro. Albergo Ristorante Al Giardinetto. Trullo Fico. Agriturismo Villa Nicetta. Blu ModicAmare. View all hotels. Top questions about Italy. Via Ferrata in the Dolomites: the best via ferrata treks Hi Andrew, Great job, the new routes look great, althought most of them are to difficult for us, they are Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: North inspiring. The photos are of an outstanding quality. What for photografic gears did you use? I nearly can't wait next June to go there. Thanks, Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: North. I am very glad that Central and East Dolomites v. 1 find the site useful. I use almost exclusively a digital camera now. I switched because I was finding it very slow scanning all of my color slides and cataloguing them, and also the local film developing stores were occasionally not doing a good job developing my film. Andrew Canada. Andrew, nice site! Also, for interest the best time to go seems to be early September when the snow has mostly gone this can be a big problem in June and early July and there are far fewer people but the weather is still generally good. Have fun! Which area would you recommend we stayed in; Cortina d'Ampezzo or Madonna di Campligio excuse the spelling! Hi, Phil. You didn't supply an e-mail address so I'll have to reply to this forum and hope you will read my answer here. I've never climbed in the Brenta ie - Madonna di Campiglioso I can't comment on the accommodations. All of the routes that I describe are somewhere in the main mass Central and East Dolomites v. 1 the dolomites, so if it is those routes that you are interested in, then I'd definitely recommend Cortina D'Ampezzo because of its location in that area. Hope this helps, A friend and I are hoping to head to Italy this September to check out some of the Via Ferrata and I Central and East Dolomites v. 1 wondering: Do you know of any good english Via Ferrata guide books your site is a great start! Where did you buy your energy absorbing runner presuming that's what you used? How much was it? No text though. Hi, I was planning to do the Lagazuoi Galleries route in June. As this is a Grade A, is a harness and Petzel really required? Hi, Hugh. No, not really. The routes are not that exposed and can be pretty safely done without a harness. However, definitely you need the headlamp, Central and East Dolomites v. 1 there are a lot of long and very dark tunnels. And I'd recommend the helmet, because bashing your head against the tunnel ceiling is very very painful. Very cool place, that. Hi, Brad. Otherwise I've relied on the web. I know that there are some sites that document the French ferrate. Haven't really looked too much into the Austrian ones. Let me know if you need any more info. Hi, I just want to say: great site, and very nice and useful reports and photos! My compliments from Italy! Hi Andrew, This is a really great site with some great pics! It is? I haven't seen a copy and I don't work for Colletts! Considering the paucity of info available in english I hope some will find this info. Ivor, Heading out to Arabba with Collets this Friday 25th for a week so we might just overlap! I think but it looks good and informative. Wouldn't be surprised if there were several in German though. Didn't meet Ivor! Some of the Via Ferrata photos are appearing at www. What's the latest you can go to the Dolomites in the summer before the weather closes in? Hi, Paul. Good question. Well, one year I went in early October and the mountains were pretty much in summer ie- no snow conditions. Then the next year I went at the end of September and a rare early snowstorm covered everything in half a meter of snow. Made things Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: North trickier! So I guess it depends. As far as the huts go, I find that most are open till the 3rd week of September or so, and some later. If you poke around on the web, you can find out how long certain places are open. And some places are available all the time, like the bivaccos I think they are, anyway. Enjoy your time at Via-Ferrata. HI, Does anyone know if there are winter rooms attatched to the Brenva huts, open in October? Cheers Andrew. Andy, happened to stumble upon your site after doing a search on via ferrata and what a pleasure it was to. Just to compliment yourself on the quality of the photographs and the quality descriptions. Hi, Chris Thanks for the compliments on the web site. And, you never know, if you try one of the easy ferrate you might just get hooked, vertigo and all a solid steel cable and a well-attached harness can do wonders for your confidence! I'm french and happy writing you about via ferrata.