DBT variant stage 3: Rifugio Graffer - Agritur Malga Tuena

DBT variant stage 3: Rifugio Graffer - Agritur Malga Tuena - Description

Directions

• Start

  Rifugio Graffer
  
  From Rifugio Graffer (2263 m) you climb up in 35 minutes to Passo del Grostè (2442 m) and from here you take the Sentiero Alpinistico Attrezzato delle Palete SAT 306 (EEA – D) passing the foot of Cima Pietra Grande. After passing the large mountain ridge of Cima Vagliana and going through Val delle Giare, the path proceeds at a high altitude along the steep flank of Corno di Denno and climbs to the Bocchetta delle Palete ( 2,319 m ) along rock gullies facilitated with ladders and metal cables. Walking time Passo del Grostè – Bocchetta delle Palete 2 hours. From the Bocchetta you go down and through Val Gelada to the basin of Cima Livezza Piccola. After rounding Cima Livezza Piccola you come to the fork with Sentiero Alpinistico Attrezzato Salt di Val Gelada 380 (EEA – MD) which leads to Val Madris. Once you reach Val Madris you continue along the SAT 310 (E) path that in 15 minutes brings you to Malga Tuena (1740 m). Walking time Bocchetta delle Palete – Malga Tuena 1.45 hours.

• end point

  Agritur Malga Tuena

required equipment

Necessary equipment  technical mountain clothing mountain boots with Vibram sole or similar  If the route has equipped parts, brings with you: ferrata set harness helmet ferrata gloves a piece of rope (suggested) ice-axe and crampons (where necessary)

Tips for the tour

The path has been constructed and facilitated with ladders and metal cables only as far as the Bocchetta delle Palete. The rest of the route is waymarked, but has very steep slopes and frequent strenuous altitude gains.

Difficulty

• Difficulty

  Difficult

• Fitness

• Technique

• Experience

• Landscape

Directions

self-arranged arrival
To get to the Graffer Refuge more quickly, it’s possible to take the Grostè cable car that goes up to the Grostè Pass and from here go down along the SAT 301 trail to the refuge in 20 minutes. Alternatively, from the town of Madonna di Campiglio you can drive by car to the Spinale cable car which goes to the top of Monte Spinale, then proceed on foot following the SAT 331 trail for 45 minutes.
Big free parking at the departure of the Grostè cableway.

public transport
Shuttle bus Madonna di Campiglio - Campo Carlo Magno (Grostè cablecar stop) or the Trentino Trasporti bus line (Grostè cablecar stop).