Tip Penia Ferrata

Route that will carry us to the Tip Penia where the way will offer us a road ferrata, the go through the Glacier of the Marmolada and some seen inmejorables on this zone of the Dolomitas.

The Marmolada is the highest mountain of the Dolomitas. The mountain finds around 100 km noreste of Venecia, from where can see in the clear days. It is formed by a creta that goes of west to east. To the south breaks in a sudden way in rugged cliffs, forming a face of rock of several kilometres of long. In the expensive north there is a comparatively flat glacier, the only big glacier in the Dolomitas (the Glacier of the Marmolada, Ghiacciaio della Marmolada).

The crest is composed by several summits, decreciendo in altitude of west to east: Tip Penia (3.343 m), Tip Rocca (3.309 m), Tip Ombretta (3.230 m), Mountain Serauta (3.069 m) and Pizzo Serauta (3.035 m). A ropeway goes until the summit of Tip Rocca. During the period of ski is opened the main route of the Marmolada for the skiers and snowboards, making possible go down esquiando until the valley.

Paul Grohmann did the first ascensión in 1864, by the expensive north. Before the First World War, the border between Italy and Imperio austrohúngaro went through the Marmolada, so that it formed part of the line of the front during this conflict. The Austrian soldiers were quartered in deep tunnels excavated in the expensive north of the glacier, and the Italian soldiers were quartered in the precipicios rocky of the expensive south. Satisfied the glaciers retreat, the rests of the soldiers and his belongings discover occasionally.

We begin this stage taking a curious trace back mechanic that will carry us from the Passo Fedaia until the Shelter Pian Dei Fiacconi situated to 2626 metres. Also we can realise this first ascensión on foot following the way 606 but advise reservations the strengths for the hard stage of today.

We begin the route by a zone of shrinking of the glacier, where can observe in the stones the marks of the erosion produced by the ice. The way begins descending softly until the height 2484 (1km, 30minutes).

Now it begins the ascensión by the morrena  until achieving a tongue of the glacier where according to the conditions of the ice will have to use crampones.  To the 2,550km the way drives us to a wall instrumented with wires and stairs that will carry us in a short grimpada to the Forcella of the Marmolada (3km, 1:30h, 2896m).

From this point, the ascensión to the beak realises by road ferrata with a degree of difficulty elevated because of the desnivel to cover, the verticalidad and the ice that can find in some steps.

After realising the Road Ferrata, will situate us again in the glacier to the 4,500km, 3h and 3204 metres of altitude. Now only it remains us follow traces it and surpass the 100 metres that are missing us to achieve the peak (5km, 3:15h, 3309m). From here we have a sight inmejorable and also have a shelter.

To realise the descent, have three different options:

1 - Return by the same way.
2 - Undo the ferrata and in the Forcela direct us to the Shelter of Contrin.
3 - From the peak, descend by the glacier, until achieving the trace back mechanic with which will descend again to the Passo Fedaia

Shelter Contrin:
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