Tuesday 1 September 2009

Friday 21st Aug, Piz Da Cir V and Gran Cir

This morning we drove back over to Passo Gardena to explore two short routes near the top of the pass. As we headed up the first route, Piz Da Cir V, we saw a number of large groups just ahead of us. Fortunately we managed to get geared up and started before them and were able to enjoy this route to ourselves ahead of the crowds. The top 5m of the route is a steep climb onto a platform which supposedly can hold 10 people but seemed rather busy with just the two of us on it. This was a pleasant route on good rock with a few fun moves.

At the foot of the descent gully we followed a contour path across the slopes to the start of our second route of the day on the highest peak in the range, Gran Cir at 2592m. This is not quite a VF route but is a mixture of fixed lines and scrambling to reach the top. It is a pleasant route and worth combining with Piz Da Cir V to make a short day.

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