Fixed rope route "Giovanni Lipella"

Tofana di Rozes, 3225 m

• Difficulty: very difficult
• Valuation of the tour: complex route
• Details of the via ferrata: 55% steel rope, 5% ladders, 30% exposed path, 10% tunnel
• Duration: ca. 8 hours
• Ascent and descent: 1290m of altitude
• Time of approach: ca. 1 ¼ hour
• Time on the via ferrata: ca. 4 hours – 670 m of altitude / 120m in descent
• Exit-Summit: ca. ¾ hour – 200m of altitude
• Descent: ca. 2 ¼ hours
• Position: West

Difficulty and general information:
The large crossings on the west-wall are partially exposed.

Starting point:
From Falzarego-Pass in the direction Cortina. A few km after the crossing to Cinque Torri we turn left (sign) on the street to Rifugio Dibona (parking place).

Time of approach:
From Rifugio Angelo Dibona (2053m) we go first on a large way in the direction Tofana South-Wall. From the ground station of the cable-car we go on to Rifugio Giussani (Way number 442) steep uphill trough the forest until the south-wall. We follow way number 404 at the left to the crossing (sign) then we turn right to the beginning of the Castelletto-Tunnel.

Ascent:
From the top over the normal way back, then we follow the blue marks over the steep north-east slope and over a gravel-slope to Rifugio Giussani. From there we go on way number 403 back to the starting point.