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Tuesday 25 June 2013

Italian Dolomites, Via Feratta, Averau 2a - 25th June 2013.


At last good weather, and a pleasant walk in to do Averau, a grade 2a via feratta.

With no lift access, the pleasant walk became a sweaty one as we reached the snowline. 

Classic alpine artwork on one of the mountain restaurants.

For a grade 2, Averau has an awkward start, but soon becomes straightforward as you move along. Not far past this spot is a split in the route where you can take the stemples up through a chockstone, or carry on the normal route. We eventually returned, down the stemple route. 

The one, slightly exposed crossing of a loose gully top where for some reason there was no cable. 


Ruth and Ian at the top of the last section of via ferrata.



More snow and wet, sometimes slippy rock to negotiate before the summit.



John, descending the stemple section we missed out on the way up.


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