Via ferrata in the Dolomites | Brigata Tridentina
Filmmaker, photographer and writer Jessie Leong tackles Brigata Tridentina in the Dolomites, home to a dizzying amount of these iron pathways drilled in the mountains
Taking one step in front of the other wearing my B1 boots, my hands clad in mountain biking gloves, it had been a morning of vigorous walking up from the car park at Pisciadù. My friends and I hiked through a lush, sweeping forest before locating the start of the Brigata Tridentina via ferrata route, which included clambering up ladder rungs and wonderful rocky, limestone jug-pulling alongside a waterfall.
Brigata Tridentina is one of the most popular via ferratas of the Dolomites. The route climbs from Passo Gardena to the Refugio Pisciadù mountain hut with a a steep ascent on good holds and well-protected on cables, rungs and ladders throughout.
Jessie Leong recounts the route as well as advises on what to do for your first via ferrata and further route recommendations in the full article in Summit magazine.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN SUMMIT #114
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