Fixed rope route "Leiternsteig"

Toblinger Knoten, 2617 m
Dolomites of Sexten

• Difficulty: difficult
• Valuation of the via ferrata: medium complexity
• Details of the via ferrata: 50 % steel rope, 50 % ladder
• Duration: ca. 4 ½ hours
• Rise and descent: 550m of altitude
• Time of approach: ca. 1 ¾ hours
• Time on the via ferrata: ca. ¾ hours – 110m of altitude
• Descent: ca. 2 hours
• Position: North/East

Difficulty and general information
Short but steep and exposed rise, which goes through a lot of ladders.

Starting point
We go to Dobbiaco and from there into the Höhelnstein Valley (direction Cortina) until we reach Schluderbach. We go ahead on the left in the direction Misurina. Shortly before the village, we turn left over the private street to the big parking place Auronzo Hut.

Ascent
From Auronzo Hut we follow a large road to Paternsattel and further to Drei Zinnen Hut. Behind the hut begins the red signed way to Toblinger Knoten. We turn left below the south-wall and we reach the access to the north-wall.

Descent
From the top over the north-east.