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Bolted trail "degli Scaloni" - "delle Cavre" - "dell'Anglone"

Via Ferrata Routes
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Duration 4.0 h

Distance 7.6 km

Ascend 486 hm

Descent 484 hm

Max. height 530 m

Bolted trail "degli Scaloni" - "delle Cavre" - "dell'Anglone" - Description

These three bolted trails are fitted with ladders and steel cables and linked to become an easy loop above Dro.
The rocky wall on the right side of the River Sarca, between the villages of Dro and Ceniga, is babded with a system of ledges colonised by holm oak. Up until the years after the Second World War, woodcutters and charcoal burners would scale the steep walls to cut firewood and reach the woods above from where they would send tree trunks and faggots of kindling down to the valley floor by means of rudimentary but effective telpherage wires.
The base supporting the telpherage, known locally as le Cavre, gave its name to one of the via ferratas. The other gets its name “Scaloni” (stairway) from the steps made to facilitate the ascent in the most difficult sections. Taken over and refitted by the association Associazione Crozolam, this loop is more of a trail with protection than a via ferrata, but for the sake of safety you still need to wear a helmet, harness and ferrata set.

Directions

  • Start

    Ceniga - Ponte Romano

    Access
    From the Roman Bridge in Ceniga follow the road towards Maso Lizzone (NO car park). Take trail 428 on the left after a farmhouse on your right and follow it to the foot of the Anglone crag. This is where the ferrata starts.
    Route
    With short stretches over boulders and a trail which is exposed in parts you come to a sequence of broad steps (1) and an easy chimney which lead to a slab with steps carved into the rock. After a section of trail, you come to a series of stone steps and the final trail which leads to Dos Tondo. Here you are at the junction with the trail SAT 428B “DELLE CAVRE”: head north along it to the Crozolam shelter. Further north along trail SAT 425 you come to the Dell’Anglone bolted trail, which first descends onto a rocky slab and then through a series of chimneys and easy rocks leads down to wide steps which take you to the foot of the wall.
    Return
    Towards Ceniga, first along the Molinei track, then following the Campagnola track along the River Sarca.

  • end point

    Ceniga - Ponte Romano

required equipment

technical mountain clothing    hiking boots with Vibram or similar sole    via ferrata gear    harness    helmet    gloves    pickaxe and crampons (when necessary)    a length of rope (recommended)

Tips for the tour

The old bivouac Crozolam has been restored and it is now part of th Parco Crozolam, a park that show the local history and culture linked to the wood economy.  

Difficulty

  • Difficulty

    Easy

  • Fitness

  • Experience

  • Landscape

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Directions

self-arranged arrival
Getting to northern lake Garda / Garda Trentino: www.gardatrentino.it  
There are car parks in via Battisti, Piazza Garibaldi, Via Capitelli (side streets off Piazza Repubblica).

public transport
Dro and Ceniga are connected by some urban and intercity bus lines (204, 205) which will take you to the starting point of the trail. For up-to-the-minute information on timetables and routes: www.gardatrentino.it 

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