Fixed rope route "Averau"

Averau, 2649 m

• Difficulty: medium
• Valuation of the tour: easy route
• Details of the via ferrata: 5% steel rope, 95% path
• Duration: ca. 2 ¾ hours
• Ascent and descent: 420m of altitude
• Time of approach: ca. 1 hour
• Time on the via ferrata: ca. ¾ hour – 100m of altitude
• Time of descent: ca. 1 hour
• Position: East

Difficulty and general information:
Short and easy route. A short part is secured with steel ropes. The rest are normal paths, partly exposed.

Starting point:
From Falzarego-Pass in the direction Cortina to the cable-car Cinque Torri (big sign next the street). Ascent with the cable car to Rifugio Scoiattoli (2225m- top station).

Ascent:
From Rifugio Scoiattoli we follow the large way number 439 uphill to Nuvolau-Gap (Rifugio Averau, 2413m). Behind the hut begins the good visible way (signed with Via Ferrata Averau), which leads to the start of the via ferrata.

Descent:
The same way back.