Torre Barancio

Getting There

The closest town is Cortina d’Ampezzo. The starting point of the various approachs is the road Cortina – Falzarego

 

 

- From Belluno: follow the road SS 51 towards North, pass Longarone and reach Pieve di Cadore; in Pieve di Cadore turn to left and follow the roaad to Borca, San Vito di Cadore and Cortina d’Ampezzo. Arrived in Cortina take the road SS48 to Passo Falzarego. 

 

- From Trento or Bolzano: take the Brennero Motorway, exit Ponte Gardena and then follow the Val Gardena road to Selva di Val Gardena and Passo Gardena, reaching Corvara and La Villa. Turn to right towards Passo Falzarego, get the pass and here descent towards left along the road SS48 towards Cortina d’Ampezzo as far as the Cinque Torri chair-lift station (about 3 km East to the Falzarego Pass) and the starting point of the path to Cinque Torri.

 

 

Approaching 

 

Three possibilities ( the starting point of the three different possible approachs to Cinque Torri is the road Cortina – Falzarego) :

- by the Cinque Torri chair lift to Rifugio Scoiattoli 2255 m.  The chair-lift station is situated along the main Falzarego road 3 km east of Passo Falzarego (in the direction of Cortina)

- by foot to Rifugio Scoiattoli m. 2255 along the path rising from the chair-lift station

- by car to Rifugio Cinque Torri 2137 m. A narrow paved road starts in locality Cianzopè, on the Passo Falzarego road at km 112,200 and leads in a small parking lot near the refuge

From Rifugio Scoiattoli take the trail leading towards Torre Grande Cima Ovest. Before you come too close to the towers, turn on your left and go down on a trail crossing the meadows, then enter a kind of valley surrounded by the various towers and covered with gravels and boulders. Pass a cave below Torre Quarta and from here in 1 minutes you reach the start of the route, in the left part of the narrow face of Torre Barancio

From Rifugio Cinque Torri follow the good path starting here and climb up, then ignore the branch rising towards Torre Grande and take on the right the horizontal path getting briefly below Torre Lusy and Torre Barancio

 

Via Dibona-Apollonio report

Via Dibona-Apollonio report

 

Summit altitude: m. 2307

Difficulty: UIAA IV+

Equipment: pegs, natural , equipped belays

Climbing length: 120 m.

Exposure: North

First ascent: Ignazio Dibona, P. Apollonio e F. Stefani 1934, September 7th

 

An exposed classic route up the middle of Torre Barancio North face, a steep wall of excellent grey “dolomia”. The climbing is enjoiable and interesting throughout

L1 - Climb directly to the niche, reach it , exit right and make a rising traverse left then back right to a ledge. Fixed anchors. IV, IV+, m. 30

L2 – An enjoiable pitch. Slanting left about 5 meters to reach two cracks. Climb the right-hand of these (crux, 10 meters), overcome a bulge at half-height, then continue to the large ledge formed by the horizontal break in the face. Gain a good ledge. Fixed anchors. IV, IV+

L3 – Up in the middle of the wall; at first climb rightwards, then directly, then heading slightly to left. Fixed anchors. IV, III, 18 m.

L4 – Up slightly slanting left on beautiful carved rock to a notch on the ridge Fixed anchors. III, IV-, 33 m.

L5 – Climb up with steep climbing the little overhang on the ridge directly above the ledge, then along left side of the ridge to the summit. Belay on fixed anchors. IV, IV-, 33 m.

Descent: two spectacular abseils (25 m. + 25 m.) or, alternatively, a unique 50 m. abseil along the South Face (facing to Torre Grande).

Essential gear

Rope 2x50 m, helmet, nuts 4-9, friends 1,2,3, some quickdraws

Red Tape

No particulary restrictions in climbing and hiking. Be aware that cars on the road to Rifugio Cinque Torri are not allowed between 9 a.m. to 16 p.m. during the summer months.

Huts

 

 

 Rifugio Scoiattoli 2255 m, private

 

Situation: in front of Cinque Torri West side, at 5 minutes by walking

Open: 20 of June – 20 of September

Size: 20 persons 

Hut's phone: 0039-3338146960

Getting There: path or chair-lift from Falzarego road

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Rifugio Cinque Torri 2125 m, private

 

Situation: in front of Cinque Torri South side, at 10 minutes by walking

Open: 20 of June – 20 of September

Size: 20 persons

Hut's phone: 0039-04362902

Getting There: driving by a road starting from Falzarego road at km 112,200

 

When to Climb

Best season goes from the end of May to the end of September

Meteo

ARPAV DOLOMITI METEO

ARPAV DOLOMITI METEO Phone +390436780007 fax +390436780008

CENTRO VALANGHE DI ARABBA Phone +390436755711 fax 043679319 e-mail cva@arpa.veneto.it

Guidebooks

Dolomiti Orientali Vol. I Parte I by Antonio Berti - Collana Guide dei Monti d'Italia, CAI TCI
Arrampicare a Cortina d'Ampezzo e dintorni- Le vie più belle nelle Dolomiti by Mauro Bernardi Ed. Athesia
IV grado in Dolomiti by Emiliano Zorzi - Ed. Idea Montagna

Maps